The law attempts to make the anti-kickback statute a more useful prosecutorial tool by expanding the definition of prohibited conduct and by making the statute applicable to a broader range...
The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is an American federal law prohibiting financial payments or incentives for referring patients or generating federal healthcare business. The law, codified at 42 U.S. Code § 1320a–7b(b), imposes criminal and, particularly in association with the federal Fa...
[6] In 1987, the United States Congress passed the stringent Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act to prevent such schemes. [7] The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits medical providers and...
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The five most important Federal fraud and abuse laws that apply to physicians are the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark law), the Exclusion Authorities, and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL). Government agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are charged with enforcing these laws. As you begin your career, it is crucial to understand these ...
Healthcare fraud and abuse is often at the top of the prosecutor’s list when investigating a healthcare practice, practitioner or company . That is why we rigorously evaluate our client’s proposed professional arrangements with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals in employment, contractual arrangements, compensation and problems arising from partnerships, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. Whether you require a brief explanation or a full-blown analysis and legal opinion, we can review federal self-referral (“Stark ...
False Claims Act lawsuits often hinge on arrangements between healthcare providers and others which implicate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) or Stark Law (or both laws). While the two la...
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into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 13, 1934 The Copeland "Anti-kickback" Act (Pub. L. 73–324, 48 Stat. 948, enacted June 13, 1934, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 874) is a U.S....
The ruling upholds OIG's interpretation of the anti-kickback law.