Learn why even naïve questions about kickbacks can trigger serious compliance risks and how to protect your medical group.
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Do You Make This Mistake in English? – Podcast
It’s hard enough to watch what you say when you’re speaking, but at least you’ve got inflection on your side.
A Naive Anti-Kickback Question Answered – Success in Motion
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute is a criminal statute. The fact that someone exactly like you hasn’t (yet) gone to jail for violating it shouldn’t provide any comfort.
How to Structure Healthcare Deals Without Becoming a Healthcare Criminal
Learn how to structure healthcare deals, while avoiding federal anti-kickback violations and compliance pitfalls.
Physician is 10th Person Found Guilty in Kickback Scheme
A 10th individual is convicted in a federal kickback scheme involving Sacred Heart Hospital, highlighting ongoing healthcare fraud risks.
Provision of Staff, Payment of Expenses Leads to Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violation
Providing staff or covering expenses for referral sources can violate the AKS. Be cautious of disguised compensation arrangements.
The Combination to Joint Ventures – Medical Group Minute
When we talk about joint ventures in healthcare, we tend to think of illegality.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: Texas County Hospital Settles False Claims Act Suit
Citizens Medical Center, a county-owned hospital in Victoria, Texas, paid the United States government $21,750,000 to settle, without admitting wrongdoing, a whistleblower suit under the False Claims Act. The whistleblowers, competing physicians, will receive $5,981,250 from the recovery.
Healthcare Executives in Prison – Podcast
As hospitals gather more power courtesy of Obamacare, some are becoming more daring in terms of extracting cash from non-aligned physicians who don’t control referrals.
The Combination to Joint Ventures
When we talk about joint ventures in healthcare, we tend to think of illegality, as in “suspect joint venture,” the pejorative term crafted by the OIG.