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?
Tag: pharmaceutical
Another Physician Guilty of Receiving Insys/Subsys Kickbacks
A physician is convicted in the Insys/Subsys kickback case, highlighting ongoing risks around pharma deals and compliance for medical group leaders.
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.
Pain Medicine Doctors Alleged to Have Received $115,000 in Kickbacks … Plus $40 Million in Illicit Profit
Learn about the case of two pain medicine doctors accused of receiving $115,000 in kickbacks and generating $40 million in illicit profits through fraudulent practices.
Profiting From 3-D Printed Pills – Medical Group Minute
If the future of surgery is medicine, then the future of medicines is compounding, the individualization of dosages and drug combinations.
Compounding the Kickback Problem – Podcast
Compounding pharmaceuticals, specific drugs for specific patients, offers tremendous benefit. The problems arise when the benefit is for the prescribing physician. Then, we’re dealing with analyses under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Stark Law, and their state law counterparts.
Pills, Capsules, and Kickbacks: Drug Manufacturer Pays $125 Million. Execs and Docs Headed to Jail – Podcast
I know. In light of tons of illegal profits, complying with the federal anti-kickback law (“AKS”) is a hard sell.
Pills, Capsules, and Kickbacks: Drug Manufacturer Pays $125 Million. Execs and Docs Headed to Jail
A $125 million settlement and jail time for executives and physicians. This case shows how deeply liability can run.
Profiting From 3-D Printed Pills
The 3-D printing of pills opens the door to compounding of complex medications on both small and large scales.
Compounding the Kickback Problem
Even if patients choose the provider, physicians can still trigger Anti‑Kickback Statute liability by acting as gatekeepers. A critical lesson from a recent case.