What if you’re sued for an event that one of your own members didn’t cause? To your dismay, you find out that you’re not covered for that.

You can use a red team strategy to discover your medical group’s weaknesses and to correct them before someone else takes advantage of them.

I see a tremendous amount of tension, especially when it comes to the relationship between administration and hospital based groups.

Has your medical group put themselves in a position where they can be easily taken over legally and cheaply?

You must be extremely careful when entering into any physician compensation arrangement, whether you are the payor or the recipient in order to steer clear of possible AKS violations.

Across the county in nearly every industry, large companies are laying off full time workers and are turning to staffing companies which, in turn hire what amount to temps, many on a part time basis.

In your negotiations, are you letting the other side think that they won?

Once again, this case demonstrates that simple, facial reliance on safe harbors under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark do not guaranty safety for either hospitals or their physician employees and subcontractors.

Behold! We have the incredible shrinking hospital.

The federal Anti-Kickback statute makes it illegal to receive anything of value for the referral of federal health care program patients. How are you managing this potential pitfall?