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Barry Rosen: Physicians win one, lose one in anti-kickback opinions (access required)

Posted: 6:53 pm Thu, February 28, 2013
By Barry Rosen
Special to the Daily Record

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the federal Department of Health and Human Services recently released two advisory opinions clarifying the reach of the federal anti-kickback statute. That law makes it illegal for anyone to pay or receive money or other benefits designed to induce the referral of a patient for items or services payable by a federal health care program, such as Medicare.

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