tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 31

Compliance: OIG Warns About Leasing Space to Other Physicians

Be mindful of anti-kickback rules when leasing space. You own a cancer center where your patients can get their radiation and chemotherapy in one central location, so why not lease space to a urology group so the patients can easily stop by and accomplish their follow-up visits? Not so fast, says the OIG in an Aug. 26 advisory opinion.The facts: A freestanding cancer clinic offers many services, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), a common prostate cancer treatment. Often, urologists refer their patients to the cancer facility for treatment. Therefore, the clinic suggested an arrangement where, pursuant to a...

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