tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 23

Hospitals: RECRUITMENT PLAN DRAWS FEDS' IRE

Double-Check Your Physician Relocation Programs The controversial intersection between physician recruitment and Stark and anti-kickback rules appears to be at the heart of a new indictment brought against a California hospital chief executive officer. Embattled Santa Barbara, CA-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. revealed June 6 that the Department of Justice has brought criminal charges against Barry Weinbaum, CEO of Tenet subsidiary Alvarado Hospital Medical Center. "The charges apparently relate to payments under physician relocation agreements," Tenet says, involving a La Mesa, CA medical group that included Paul Ver Hoeve, a physician who was later convicted of felony Medicare fraud...

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