If what the government alleged were true, it would be an emergency physician’s dream job: billing for services without ever treating or even speaking with the patient.

The financial impact was immediate and momentous: Neither new nor existing claims, nor payment for them, could be processed.

The financial impact was immediate and momentous: Neither new nor existing claims, nor payment for them, could be processed.

Many predicted that the financial behemoths run by the smartest guys in the room would swallow up every physician on the planet.

Many people tend to think within professional silos. Barbers cut hair. Farmers farm. And, doctors practice medicine. Why?

Banks, brokerages, and your medical group or facility’s potential violation of HIPAA?

Most people don’t like throwing good money after bad in a contract dispute.

The first purchase price is the one that the seller receives. The second purchase price is the one that the seller pays by having sold to the wrong buyer.

What policies does your group have? How are they enforced . . . or even, how can they be enforced?

Picture a revolving door.

Even though many physicians and facility administrators don’t realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.