E/M Coding Alert - 2008 Issue 31
Compliance: OIG Puts Brakes on Leasing Space to Other Physicians
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Article Overview
This article explains an OIG advisory opinion involving a proposed lease-and-services arrangement between a cancer clinic and a urology group. It is relevant to compliance, healthcare attorneys, and physician practices evaluating referral-linked business relationships, shared-space arrangements, and anti-kickback risk in oncology-related services.
Why This Topic Matters
Healthcare organizations and physician groups need to understand how the OIG views arrangements that may create prohibited remuneration or referral-related incentives. The article helps readers assess compliance risk in collaborative leasing structures without relying on the premium advisory opinion itself.
What You Will Learn
- How an OIG advisory opinion can affect physician-space leasing arrangements
- Why referral-linked relationships may raise anti-kickback compliance concerns
- What general factors are discussed when evaluating shared-space business arrangements
- How this advisory opinion relates to oncology and urology practice structures
Who Should Read This
- Compliance officers
- Healthcare attorneys
- Physician practice administrators
- Oncology practice managers
- Urology practice managers
- Revenue integrity professionals
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