Compliance & RegulatoryQuestion 89 of 100
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits:
a.Billing a patient's secondary insurance
b.Knowingly offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to induce referrals of federal health program business
c.Providing free educational pamphlets to patients
d.Accepting Medicare assignment
Explanation
The Anti-Kickback Statute makes it a crime to knowingly and willfully exchange, or offer to exchange, remuneration to induce or reward referrals of items or services payable by a federal health care program. Violations can bring criminal, civil, and administrative penalties. Certain safe harbors protect specified legitimate business arrangements.
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