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?
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Healthcare Kickbacks in the Fastlane – Medical Group Minute
Just like speeding, the chances of getting caught are probably only 1% or 2%. Eventually, though, someone will be pulled over.
Psst! Here’s a Kickback – Success in Motion Series
Ride along with Mark as he discusses some interesting events on the kickback front.
Healthcare Freedom of Choice: Doughnuts and Doing Time
In a Wall Street Journal piece published in last weekend’s Saturday/Sunday Nov. 11-12, 2017, edition, Ezekial Emanuel, M.D. of the University of Pennsylvania and other pursuits, wrote of the “hype of virtual medicine.” In particular, he cited studies that show that virtual medicine and high-tech health gadgets such as Fitbits accomplish nothing in regard to…
Should Non-Taxpaying Hospitals Be Able to Gamble With Your Funds?
Should non-taxpaying hospitals, the facilities that prefer to be known by the misnomer “not for profit,” be able to gamble their tax free funds on venture capital investments? Well, they already are. An article by Dave Barkholz, “Midsize hospital systems taking the VC plunge,” published earlier this year in Modern Healthcare, featured, among others, the…
Drugs, Sentencing, and Lock (and Roll on to Another Kickback Prosecution)
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.
Another Hospital CEO (And His Senior VP) Sentenced to Years in Prison – Medical Group Minute Series
Two men failed to turn over more than $6 million in taxes collected from employees of an Arkansas hospital.
Payor Agreements and Hidden False Claims Act and Criminal Traps
It was a neighborhood like many others. Neat, but not too neat front yards. Newspapers brought in by 8:00 a.m. and maybe by 10:00 a.m. on weekends. And, all was within the bounds of normal, giving, of course, wide birth to the meaning of the word, for this is nonfiction, not fiction. But with one…
Another Hospital CEO (and His Senior VP) Sentenced to Years in Prison
It’s getting harder for hospital CEOs to stay out of jail. Or to get released. OK, in all fairness, James R. Cheek was the former CEO of Hope Medical Park Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. Cheek will be spending 3 years in federal prison, followed by 3 more years of supervised release. He won’t be lonely,…
Office Sharing: Turning Share Mates Into Cell Mates – Podcast
Office-based specialists, from ENT’s to urologists, often enter into suite sharing arrangements. No problem! That is, until they make it one.