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tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 43
COMPLIANCE: Don't Roll Into Trouble With The Feds
Free local transportation may raise warning flags unless you're carefulSome larger multi-specialty physician groups may feel tempted to spend money on a van service to transport patients with mobility issues to and from office visits. But before you start piling people into your ride, it's important to cover your legal bases. The HHS Office of Inspector General came out with one advisory opinion in 2000 setting ground rules for free transportation. And the OIG has addressed the issue in a couple of other documents, including one suggesting that it may create an anti-kickback safe harbor for free transportation, say...
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