tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 20
Compliance: Labs Offering Favors May Violate Anti-Kickback Rules
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Article Overview
This compliance-focused article explains an Office of Inspector General advisory opinion involving a laboratory arrangement with dialysis facilities. It is aimed at readers who follow healthcare fraud and abuse issues, especially compliance professionals, legal counsel, and billing/coding stakeholders who need to understand how advisory opinions address lab and facility relationships under federal anti-kickback principles.
Why This Topic Matters
The article matters because it highlights how noncash services between providers can raise compliance concerns under fraud-and-abuse rules. Readers can use it to recognize the type of arrangement reviewed by the OIG and to understand the broader compliance context surrounding laboratory interactions with dialysis facilities.
What You Will Learn
- The compliance context of an OIG advisory opinion involving a laboratory and dialysis facilities
- Why free administrative services can raise fraud-and-abuse concerns
- How advisory opinions are used to assess potential anti-kickback risk
- The kinds of healthcare business relationships that may attract regulatory review
Who Should Read This
- Compliance officers
- Healthcare attorneys
- Billing and reimbursement professionals
- Laboratory administrators
- Dialysis facility managers
- Healthcare operations leaders
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