The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (the “AKS”) makes it a crime to pay remuneration to induce a referral of a federal health care program patient. Many are familiar with the safe harbors, the exceptions, for physician employment agreements and for personal services contracts. But many mistakenly believe that simply following the “recipe” set out in those safe […]
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The OIG has released a new opinion (13-15) questioning the legality of a carve out provision in an anesthesia exclusive contract in favor of the referring medical group.