tci Part B Insider - 2008 Issue 29

Compliance: Trying to Save Medicare Money? Be Careful When Sharing Savings

New advisory opinion reiterates the OIG'sYou've cut back on your surgical costs, saving Medicare and the hospital a vast amount of money. Now it's time for the hospital to give you a cut of the money you saved, right? Not so fast, the OIG says.A new advisory opinion, which is the latest in a long line of similar opinions, indicates that physicians should be careful when trying to collect money from hospitals as a reward for saving money on surgical procedures. In many cases, this practice is illegal, so you've got to navigate the regulatory minefield carefully...

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