tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2020 Issue Q4

Enforcement: Feds Target Experts’ Speaker Fees in OIG Fraud Alert

Hint: Expect scrutiny to ramp up post-COVID. If you didn’t have speaker fees on your fraud-and-abuse bingo card, you might want to add them. A recent case raises kickback concerns over this common practice and is sure to be on the feds’ watchlist in the coming months. Context: An HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Special Fraud Alert issued Nov. 16 “highlights the fraud and abuse risks associated with the offer, payment, solicitation, or receipt of remuneration relating to speaker programs,” it says. “Speaker programs are generally defined as company-sponsored events at which a physician...

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