Remind yourself that the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce referrals of items or services covered by Medicare, TRICARE, and other federally funded programs.
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Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
Compounded drugs are valid treatment. Prescribing them is legal. However, accepting (or paying) kickbacks to prescribe them is a crime.
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
It’s the middle ground between light and shadow, between medical science and stupidity, and it lies between the pit of man's desires and the summit of his bank account. This is the dimension of disintegration. It’s an area which we call the Indictment Zone.
What appears to the unknowing and unsuspecting to be a normal day-to-day business transaction is really something quite different.
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Ride along with Mark as he discusses Tenet’s announced impending settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit involving company model allegations
In a recent set of go-rounds with the Department of Justice, the so-called company model of anesthesia services took a major hit: Jonathan Daitch, M.D., just agreed to a $1.718 million civil settlement and Michael Frey, M.D., plead guilty in a criminal prosecution.
What do you get when you cross a compliance officer with a whistleblower?
Ride along with Mark as he discusses Tenet’s announced impending settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit involving company model allegations.
