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under Federal Government contracts Enacted by the 99th United States Congress Effective... The law attempts to make the anti-kickback statute a more useful prosecutorial tool by expanding...
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A collection of resources addressing the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), including resources on AKS exceptions, safe harbors, penalties, and the process of making self-disclosures of noncompli...
- 1 - Anti-Kickback Act (1986) Table of Contents § 1. Short title § 2. Definitions § 3.... any Federal Government agency investigating a violation of section 3 of this Act. (c) Reporting...
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 beg...
Writing for the appeals court, Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch said Hart fell short of alleging that McKesson willfully broke the federal anti-kickback law. Hart's allegations included that...
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...
Learn about the federal laws prohibiting kickbacks and physician self-referrals, the monetary penalties for violations, and when to get legal help.
There can be confusion understanding the differences between the Anti-kickback Statute and the Physician Self-Referral Laws, or Stark laws. Although both are aimed at limiting cost and corruption of medical decision making, there are important differences between the two. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) (See 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b.) is a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or offer to exchange), of anything of value, in an effort to induce (or reward) the referral of business reimbursable by federal health care programs. Exampl ...