Category archive: Anti-Kickback
Fraud and Abuse Update: Inflation Adjusted Rate Hikes Coming Aug. 1 for False Claim Act and Anti-Kickback Civil Money Penalties
PROVIDERS TAKE NOTE: CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR FALSE CLAIM ACT AND ANTI-KICKBACK STATUTE VIOLATIONS WILL NEARLY DOUBLE AUGUST 1ST The Department of Justice (DOJ) released an interim final rule recently to update the minimum and maximum civil money penalties (CMP) for violation of the False Claim Act (FCA). Providers should be aware that the increases…
ALERT – Clinical Labs under Scrutiny by OIG
As health care costs rise and providers are faced with challenges to meet the needs and demands of consumers; Medicare looks for questionable payments made to providers to ensure federal dollars for healthcare are spent for medically necessary services as it seeks to reduce fraud and abuse in the provision of health care. One such…
False Claims Act Update: Ohio Hospital to Pay $10M to Settle False Claims Allegations
Hospitals and physicians need to be alert when entering management agreements to ensure that the relationships require sufficient bonafide services to justify those management agreements. In this latest case, allegations related to violations of Stark Statute and Anti-Kickback Statute led to significant penalty payments, Ten Million Dollars. Hospitals and physicians need to ensure that any…