tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 2

In other news ...• One Maryland rehab practice paid dearly for allegations of violating the anti-kickback statute.

Advanced Centers for Ortho-paedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Inc. and Maryland Sportscare and Rehabilitation LLC have agreed to collectively pay the United States $238,912.47 to settle claims that they violated the federal Anti-Kickback statute, according to an Oct. 16, 2008 press release from the U.S. Depart-ment of Justice. The government contends in the settlement agreements that from January 2002 to October 2004, Advanced Centers referred patients to MSR for physical therapy services and paid a referral fee of $30 per patient up to 150 patients and $36 per patient for every referral thereafter. At the same...

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