Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Advisory Opinions:

CMS POLICY TRUMPS STRICT ANTI-KICKBACK ANALYSIS

A recent issuance from the HHS Office of Inspector General illustrates that the anti-kickback statute can be so broad that it technically bars certain activities the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services actually wants to see happen. In an advisory opinion released Feb. 12 (No. 03-04), the OIG takes the measure of a home health agency’s proposal to provide free [...]
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