tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 44

Fraud & Abuse: No Good Gift Goes Unpunished - If It's Too Good

Feds aren't the 'pizza police,' but too much caviar could set off their alarmsIf you don't give presents to other providers you may feel like Ebeneezer Scrooge. But if you give too generously, you could be visited by the Ghost Of Fraud Investigations Future.While the feds aren't trying to outlaw generosity, they also don't want you to reward other physicians or providers for sending you business during the past year - or encourage them to send you more patients in the new year. So small gifts should be okay, especially if you give them without regard to...

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