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Could Free Samples Cause Problems?
Published on Mon Oct 08, 2018
Question: Our respiratory therapists frequently hand out free samples to patients – usually in the form of tubing or oxygen masks. We had an outside billing firm tell us that this is a non-compliant practice. Is this accurate? Could we get into trouble for this? Codify Subscriber Answer: No. According to the Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil [...]