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Every new, and every existing, financial relationship with anyone or any entity with which physicians and other healthcare providers do business must be vetted or re-vetted in light of today’s enforcement reality.
The federal Anti-Kickback statute makes it illegal to receive anything of value for the referral of federal health care program patients. How are you managing this potential pitfall?
As I comment often, the federal Anti-Kickback statute makes it illegal to receive anything of value for the referral of federal health care program patients.
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave…
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave, i.e., from behind the walls, gates, and concertina wire of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. In mid-2015, Dr. Fata traded in his scrubs for a prison uniform when he was sentenced to 45 years in jail for a […]
Green scrubs might be the new orange. And no matter the trendy branding on Netflix, orange isn’t the new black. The first week of March 2016 brought the 10th conviction for federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) violations in connection with the now-closed Sacred Heart Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Venkateswara Kuchipudi, an internist, was found guilty of receiving […]