A 10th individual is convicted in a federal kickback scheme involving Sacred Heart Hospital, highlighting ongoing healthcare fraud risks.
Tag: regulation
Provision of Staff, Payment of Expenses Leads to Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violation
Providing staff or covering expenses for referral sources can violate the AKS. Be cautious of disguised compensation arrangements.
OIG Issues Fraud Alert on Physician Compensation
OIG issues Fraud Alert targeting physician compensation. Physicians must use extreme care in structuring deals.
Healthcare Executives in Prison – Podcast
As hospitals gather more power courtesy of Obamacare, some are becoming more daring in terms of extracting cash from non-aligned physicians who don’t control referrals.
Why Play By The Rules? – Podcast
Why simply play by the rules?
Why Play by the Rules? – Medical Group Minute
Ignore the societal rules that exist simply to hold you back.
Healthcare Executives in Prison
As hospitals gather more power courtesy of Obamacare, some are becoming more daring in terms of extracting cash from non-aligned physicians who don’t control referrals.
Healthcare Kickbacks in the Fast Lane
The cars are going at least 85 even though the posted speed limit is 65. What is the penalty if you are pulled over?
Why Play By the Rules?
The rules are set by those who’ve come before you. Perhaps by those folks who have never tried. Or, those who tried and failed and quit. Or those who succeeded and made it. A strange committee, you say? No, they have so much in common: none of them want you to succeed, or, at least, to succeed too easily.
New OIG Advisory Opinion 13-15 Sheds Further Light on Company Model Type Arrangements
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.