tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 37

COMPLIANCE: Hospitals Can Pay Your Physician To Cut Costs

But tread carefully to avoid OIG hot buttonsYour physician could receive more money from local hospitals, and help improve patient care in the process. More and more hospitals are considering gainsharing programs, in which they pay a bonus to physicians for saving them money. The only problem is, these payments could be considered kickbacks or improper financial relationships under federal fraud and abuse laws, say attorneys. The HHS Office of Inspector General has given approval to seven different gainsharing schemes recently (see PBI, Vol. 6, No. 10). But the OIG refused to give a blanket free pass to gainsharing...

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