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Free Stay Out of Jail Pass
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.
Do You Measure up or Measure Down? Efficiency vs. Efficacy – Success in Motion
We’re all aware of the push for greater efficiency in healthcare. Unfortunately, doing the absolute wrong thing the right way is incredibly efficient.
Who Will Fund Hospitals When There Are Few Inpatients Left? – Success in Motion
Take a seat while Mark discusses the payment crisis adding to hospitals’ woes.
Kickback Disguise Schemes: Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave – Podcast
“Psst! Send me some referrals. I can’t pay you directly, so I’ll pay your spouse.”
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…
Artists, Patient Satisfaction, and the Creation of Something Out of Nothing – Podcast
It’s Friday night. After leaving the restaurant you turn onto the sidewalk and walk down the street.
Speak Truth to Numbers – Podcast
Don’t get your medical group or healthcare business lost in big data.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: More Debris From the Fate of Fata – Medical Group Minute
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave…
For Whom the Whistle Blows #2: More Debris From the Fate of Fata
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave, i.e., from behind the walls, gates, and concertina wire of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. In mid-2015, Dr. Fata traded in his scrubs for a prison uniform when he was sentenced to 45 years in jail for a…