A hospital’s proposed arrangement to subsidize ambulance transportation costs for out-of-area patients could likely run afoul of the anti-kickback statute and violate the civil monetary penalties provisions, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a March 14 advisory opinion (07-02).

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April 2007 - Table of Contents

GCR April 2007 (full PDF issue)

Government Looks to Increase Oversight of Laboratory-Developed Tests

Lab Industry Requests Delay on NPI Compliance

CMS Extends Deadline for Using Old Version of Provider Claims Form

Phase III Self-Referral Rule May Be Delayed

Two Versions of ABN May Be Combined Into One

What’s Next With Pod Laboratories?

Illinois Court Upholds PC Billing by Pathologists

Medicaid HMO Hit With Additional $190 Million Penalty

Proposal to Subsidize Ambulance Costs Could Violate Kickback Rules, OIG Says

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