We often explain that some of the most damaging healthcare fraud doesn’t come from fake bills—it comes from improper relationships between providers and suppliers. The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) directly targets this kind of corruption. The AKS is a federal law that prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to induce or reward referrals […]
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The Stark Law, formally known as the Physician Self-Referral Law, is one of the most important — and most complex — regulations in healthcare fraud enforcement. At its core, Stark Law prohibits physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to entities in which they (or an immediate family member) have a financial interest. For example,
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At Barrett Johnston, we often hear from healthcare professionals who are confused about what exactly counts as an illegal kickback. The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) is the federal law that makes it a crime to exchange anything of value in order to generate referrals for healthcare services paid for by federal programs like Medicare or Medicaid.
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