tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 10

Kickbacks: HOSPITAL GROUP CALLS FOR NEW SAFE HARBORS

Hospitals puzzled over what kinds of freebies they can provide their patients without running afoul of the anti-kickback statute could get some much-needed guidance if the HHS Office of Inspector General heeds the recommendations of a major hospital group. In Feb. 6 correspondence with IG Janet Rehnquist, the Federation of American Hospitals weighed in on possible new safe harbors to the antikickback statute and helpful clarifications to the governing regulations. In addition to throwing its support behind safe harbors the OIG is already contemplating — for clinical trials, for transportation and for inducements of low value — the FAH...

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