COMPLIANCE: Don't Forget Patient, Non-Physician Gifts in Your Compliance Efforts

Article Overview

This article explains how compliance programs should address holiday or routine gift giving to patients and other non-physician referral sources. It focuses on federal anti-kickback concerns, the role of the OIG, and how providers should think about gift limits, tracking, non-cash items, consistency, and alignment with state law. It is written for healthcare providers, compliance staff, and billing/coding professionals who need to understand legal risk management in physician and non-physician referral relationships.