Both state and national level politicians certainly know what side the bread is buttered on, and who’s doing the buttering. There are far more patients than there are physicians, thus the rush to fix the problem they’ve defined as “surprise medical bills.” Sure, just like I’m surprised when I pay good money for admission to…
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Tastes Like Chicken. Smells Like Fraud.
When most people think of kickback schemes in the healthcare context, they immediately go to notions of payments to physicians for referrals. Now, that’s not an unwarranted assumption because, unfortunately, much of the history of the application of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute involves physician-referral issues. Within large medical groups, and similarly within physician-owned facilities such…
Another Hospital System Settles Whistleblower Allegations That Outpatients Were “Turned Into” Inpatients – Podcast
Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold.
Another Hospital System Settles Whistleblower Allegations That Outpatients Were “Turned Into” Inpatients – Medical Group Minute
Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold.
Rainbows, Unicorns, And Fraudulent ASC Deals
The bottom line for you, as an ASC investor, is to carefully investigate the deal, and its promoters, on the way in, and on a periodic basis after the investment is made.
Another Hospital System Settles Whistleblower Allegations That Outpatients Were “Turned Into” Inpatients
Alchemists struggled without success for centuries attempting to turn lead into gold. Will hospitals struggle that long in their quest to turn outpatients into inpatients? Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Prime”), headquartered in Ontario, California, and Prime’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Prem Reddy. On February 14, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Prime…
Far Too “Friendly Physician” Pleads Guilty in $60 Million Healthcare Fraud – Medical Group Minute
What’s your medical license worth?
Former Drug Company CEO Pleads Guilty and Will Cooperate in Upcoming Kickback Scam Prosecution
Former CEO Michael Babich pleaded guilty last week to charges related to the plethora of kickback allegations surrounding Insys Therapeutics, Inc., and its fentanyl drug, Subsys.
One Giant Leap Toward Success: Avoid One Simple Misstep for “Fraud-kind” – Podcast
If you’re a physician, it’s all too likely that you’re uncertain about the future, feel the pressure of an all too real governmentally imposed ceiling on your income, and have even less control than ever over your time.
No Matter How Hard They Tri[Care], Another Compounded Medicine Scam Creams Out
There are many legitimate ways for physicians to increase their practice income. They include, depending on state law, investments in compounding pharmacies and the direct dispensing of pharmaceuticals.