tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 45

Compliance: Take A Fresh Look At Your Beneficiary Gift-Giving

Regulators could construe goodwill as influence You may feel compelled to help disadvantaged patients or their families during the holiday season, but go about it in the wrong way and you could find yourself paying up to $10,000 in fines. That's according to government regulations, which limit practices from offering these types of incentives to patients. On the other hand, we've got some advice that can help you stay on the straight and narrow this holiday season, while still helping out the truly needy patients.Background: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) amended the...

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