The significance of Secretary Sebelius’s decision is underscored by the critical role that the anti-kickback statute has long played in the government’s ability to impose significant penalties ...

2. Healthcare niche, industry-specific Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act and Stark Law issues — hospitals and health systems; clinical labs; surgery center chains, dialysis facilities ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is producing even more evidence that proposed changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute regulations can't come soon enough. But the rule changes, which are designed to ...

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The anti-kickback statute is a federal law meant to protect patients and federal health-care programs like Medicare from fraud and abuse. A: The anti-kickback statute is a federal law meant to ...

Alleged violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) are more and more often at the heart of actions involving accusations of health insurance fraud brought under the False Claims Act (FCA).

1. Congress originally enacted the Anti-Kickback Statute as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1972. Until then, only one provision sanctioned false claims and misrepresenting facts to the ...

This seminar will summarize new regulatory and legal developments in Anti-Kickback Statute enforcement and compliance. Practitioners well versed in the basics of the Anti-Kickback Statute will ...

Healthcare services provider Sutter Health will pay $30.5 million in a lawsuit filed by a former compliance officer alleging fraud and kickbacks, though Sutter did not admit laibility and points out ...