tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 33

COMPLIANCE: 'Professional Courtesy' Could Cost Tens Of Thousands

A bribe is still a bribe, attorneys warnWarning: If your doctor shows "professional courtesy" to physicians who are tied to Medicare recipients, then the doctor could have a chance to show off those good manners--in prison."Professional courtesy" means that your office provides free or discounted care to other doctors, their family members or their staffs. This practice is legal, but there are many restrictions. And one of the main ones is that you can't provide free or low-cost care to anyone who's enrolled in Medicare or other federal programs, according to attorney Alan Rumph with Smith Hawkins Hollingsworth...

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