tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 13

Compliance: Follow These 5 Strategies When Providing Freebies to Patients

Would offering free dietary counseling be okay in this scenario? Offering free services or items can be a boon for patient care, but you have to follow certain rules if you don't want the government to lower the boom on you. Consider these key approaches to stay on the right side of the compliance line.1. Keep an eye on the value of the service or item and how you promote it. "Under the HIPAA beneficiary inducement provisions, you can provide $10 worth of free services/products per encounter with a total of $50 a year," says attorney Lisa...

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