When the statute is violated and intent is discovered, everybody involved can be prosecuted. Medical suppliers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, or anyone else that benefited from the kickback face stiff fines and possible incarceration. Because it is a federal statute, violators are prosecuted in fed...
The anti-kickback statute is a US law prohibiting a business or person from offering money to medical personnel in return for the recommendation of products or services to patients on certain federally covered medical programs, including Medicare/Medicaid. While designed to promote fair marketing, it...
TheAnti-Kickback Statute,Stark Legislation,False Claims Act, andHIPAAandHITECH laws, which are designed to protect the privacy and security of patient information, are just a few of them. As previously stated, compliance programs should promote not just obedience to these laws, mandates, and sta...
What a Difference a Year Makes-- Key Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law DevelopmentsMaida, TonyAlarif, NicholasJournal of Health Care Compliance
Anti-Kickback Statute (AKBS) Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Occupational Safety and Health Act ...
The federal anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) states that a pharmacy cannot 'give anything of value' to a person/entity in exchange for the person/entity referring (or arranging for the referral of) patients to the pharmacy who are covered by a federal government health care program. ...
Section 6402(f)(2) of the ACA amends the anti-kickback statute so that a violation may be shown without establishing actual knowledge of an AKS violation or specific intent to violate the statute. The ACA confirms that a violation of the AKS constitutes a "false or fra...
On January 19, 2021, a sweeping set of changes to the federal physician self-referral law (or “Stark Law”) and anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) regulations go into effect. These changes, which are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) “Regulatory ...
And if you're a healthcare contractor, there's a separate, even more stringent Anti-Kickback statute that would apply. Federal law also prohibits and limits company's ability to enter into contingent fee arrangements, including commissions, percentages, brokerages, or other fees that are ...
In the pantheon of healthcare fraud and abuse laws - based upon dollars recovered - stand theFalse Claims Act ("FCA")' and the Anti-Kickback Statute.' Besi... R Salcido - 《health law》 被引量: 2发表: 2000年 Handbook of social media and the law Part 1: Background Chapter 1: Intr...