Oig Warns Physicians Of Fraud Over Compensation Packages Henry Kotula Based on recent settlements with 12 physicians over violations of the anti kickback statute, the office of the inspector general is urging physicians who enter into medical directorships to ensure …. Using settlements recently negotiated between oig and 12 individual physicians as examples, oig warns a compensation arrangement may trigger anti kickback liability where “even one purpose of.
Oig Fraud Alert Regarding Compensation Agreements For Physicians Buffer. in a fraud alert released today, the oig warns that physician compensation arrangements, such as medical directorship compensation, may potentially violate the anti kickback statue. the. In the fraud alert, the oig noted that while many compensation arrangements are legitimate, “a compensation arrangement may violate the anti kickback statute if even one purpose of the arrangement is to compensate a physician for his or her past or future referrals of federal health care program business.”. the oig described its recent. In the past three years, there have been three oig fraud alerts regarding physician payments. 6 with the recent settlements by the 12 individual physicians, it is clear that physician payments are. In this era of intense scrutiny of physician compensation, the office of inspector general (“oig”) issued a significant warning yesterday 1.physicians’ compensation arrangements may violate the anti kickback statute 2 if even one purpose of the arrangement is to compensate a physician for his or her past or future referrals of federal health care program business.
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