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August 16, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor: Personal Services and Management Contracts
The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b) (“AKS”), prohibits anyone from knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration in order to induce reimbursable business under federal or state healthcare programs. The Department of Health and Human Services has enacted safe harbor regulations that define practices that are not subject […]
August 14, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
Remuneration Under the Anti-Kickback Statute Includes Intangible Economic Benefits
The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits anyone from: “solicit[ing] or receiv[ing] any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind . . . in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing . . . of any item […]
August 8, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
Home Healthcare Fraud and the False Claims Act
Home healthcare is a vital service that many Americans rely on. Unfortunately, because of some aspects of the delivery system for home healthcare, and because the patients who receive home healthcare services may be the targets of unscrupulous providers, there is the potential for fraud in home healthcare. Examples of […]
August 3, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
Use of Hospital-Employed Non-Physician Providers by Private Physicians May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute
The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits any person or entity from offering, making, soliciting, or accepting remuneration, in cash or in kind, directly or indirectly, to induce or reward any person for purchasing, ordering, or recommending or arranging for the purchasing or ordering of federally-funded medical goods or services. Whoever knowingly […]
July 16, 2018
Healthcare Fraud
What is Hospice Fraud?
Medicare Part A covers hospice care when a patient is certified as “terminally ill.” See e.g. 42 C.F.R. §§ 418.20, 418.22. “Terminally ill” means that a patient’s medical prognosis is for a life expectancy of six months or less due to the patient’s particular disease if it runs its normal course. […]
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