Anti-Kickback and Stark
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December 2, 2016
Vitas Health Corporation Midwest and related entities agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying Dr. Farid Fata for patient referrals to its hospice care services. In an earlier unrelated criminal matter, Fata pleaded guilty to health care fraud, conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks and promotional money laundering, and was sentenced to a term of 45 years in prison. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Rita Dubois who worked at Vitas as the Director of Market Development in Southeastern Michigan. Dubois will receive a whistleblower award of $36,000 from the proceeds of the government's recovery. DOJ (EDMI)November 15, 2016
New Jersey-based remote cardiac monitoring company MedNet Inc., and a subsidiary of BioTelemetry Inc., agreed to pay more than $1.35 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to induce physicians to use the company’s cardiac monitoring services. According to the government, from March 2006 through January 2014, before BioTelemetry acquired MedNet, MedNet entered into “fee-for-service” or “direct-bill” agreements with certain hospital and physician clinic customers which allowed them to bill Medicare directly for these same services and retain the reimbursements they received which exceeded the fees that MedNet charged them. The government alleged that the remuneration MedNet provided in connection with the agreements was illegal remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Statute. The allegations originated in a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. DOJ (DNJ)U.S. Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General Advisory Opinion: Free Lab Labeling Services May Violate Anti-Kickback Statute
Posted 12/14/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently reiterated that “The OIG’s position on the provision of free or below-market goods or services to actual or potential referral sources is longstanding and clear: such arrangements are suspect and may violate the anti-kickback statute, depending on the circumstances.”
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