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Kickback | Success In Motion | Videocast

Pharmacist Compounds Problems with $50 Million Kickback Scam – Success in Motion

Ride along with Mark as he discusses yet another pharmacy and physician compounded medication scam.

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Compliance

A Bitter Pill: Pharmacy Settles FCA Claim. Physicians Can Suffer Side Effects

Although you might stay miles away from anything related to compounded medication, the waiver of co-pay issue haunts many medical groups and other providers.

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Compliance

Jury Convicts Chief Compliance Officer For $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

We all know the expression “life imitating art”, but hardly anyone talks about “crimes imitating compliance”. That is, until today.

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Kickback

Pharmacist Compounds Cream With Kickbacks – Gets 18 Months Behind Bars. A Lesson for Physicians.

Unfortunately, pain cream scams often spread to physicians, sometimes even to hospital-based physicians looking to pick up a little (well, actually, a lot) of cash on the side.

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Compliance | Podcast

Fined for Actual and Potential HIPAA Violations! – Podcast

Listen in as we discuss a recent settlement of an actual HIPAA violation. And even more troubling, learn about another HIPAA breach settlement that didn’t even involve am actual HIPAA breach . . . only a potential one.

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Kickback | Success In Motion | Videocast

Think About Kickbacks. Then Think Again – Success in Motion Series

A physician has been indicted for his role in a compound pharmacy prescription scam that included disguised kickbacks. Lots of lessons here.

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Kickback

Doctor Walks Into DME Telehealth Fraud Scheme. Brace Yourself to Avoid the Same Fate.

With lots of money at play, it’s not hard to see why the government is motivated to investigate and prosecute in order to obtain huge fines and the benefit of the forfeiture millions of dollars.

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Kickback

OIG Releases Special Fraud Alert on Telemedicine Arrangements

With lots of money at play, it’s not hard to see why the government is motivated to investigate and prosecute in order to obtain huge fines and the benefit of the forfeiture millions of dollars.

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Success In Motion | Videocast

Pharmacies Poised to Disrupt Primary Care Medicine (and Referrals from There?) – Success in Motion

The large pharmacy chains are opening walk-in clinics in their stores, staffed with nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The huge number of independent pharmacies can follow the same route. For most physicians this means more competition. But for enterprising physicians and independent pharmacists, the opportunity to do deals abounds.

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Compliance

“But Everyone Is Doing It!” Is Not a Great Defense to a Compliance Violation

Many people – physicians and business people – engaging in arrangements involving sophisticated federal and state anti-kickback issues and self-referral issues, often simply point to someone else who is doing what they claim is the same thing, as if that makes it acceptable.

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