tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 30

Reader Question: Be Careful When Sharing Medicare Savings

An advisory opinion reiterates that OIG will impose civil monetary penalties Question: Many of our surgeons have agreed to cut back on surgical costs -- which saved Medicare and our hospital a vast amount of money. We'd like the hospital to give us a cut of the money it saved, but a recent OIG advisory opinion warns that physicians should be careful when trying to collect money from hospitals as a reward for saving money on surgical procedures. Should we ask the hospital to share?Answer: In many cases, this type of cost-sharing is illegal, so you've got to...

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