In the past 10 weeks‚ I have learned an enormous amount of knowledge regarding healthcare policy and law. The most surprising piece of information I have learned was the Anti-Kickback Statue. This is a criminal statute that prohibits the exchange of anything of value‚ in order to persuade referrals of patients to certain physicians. In my opinion‚ I never knew this was an actual law. I also did not know how serious the federal government was when it came to this law. In other words‚ the physicians
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Cardinal Health: A Kickback Scheme for Company xxxxx xxxxxx June 2012 Southern New Hampshire University ACC 421 Auditing and Forensic Accounting A fraud that occurred recently was the corruption charges brought against Cardinal Health a pharmaceutical company based in Dublin‚ Ohio. The fraud involved Cardinal health paying pharmacies kickbacks in other to ensure that the pharmacies purchased prescription drugs for their pharmacies from them. Kickback schemes are a type of
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constitute illegal remuneration under the anti-kickback statute. This Special Fraud Alert supplements these prior guidance documents and advisory opinions and describes two specific trends OIG has identified involving transfers of value from laboratories to physicians that we believe present a substantial risk of fraud and abuse under the anti-kickback statute. Westhill Healthcare Insurance I. The Anti-Kickback Statute One purpose of the anti-kickback statute is to protect patients from inappropriate
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Carl and other employees were using (kickback) with their customers. Even if the Alcon’s hand book didn’t say anything about the kickback‚ but it include this statement" our company stands for the right thing at all time and giving our customers the best products for the best price" so Joseph and the employees known that the kickback is unethical and do not represent the company policy of doing the right thing for their customer because he known that kickback reduce fair completion‚ which eventually
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CONTENTS Introduction 1 History of Stark Law 2 Key Concepts 3 General Prohibition Under Stark Law 3 Financial Relationships 4 Exceptions 4 Stark Law vs. Anti-kickback Statutes 4 Enforcement of Stark Law 5 Compliance with Stark Law 6 Examples of Problems 6 Compliance Plan 7 Risk of Not Making Repayments 8 Physician Recruitment 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction
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Amgen Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based out of California. In 2009‚ there were 15 states that filed lawsuits against the company for accusations of participating in Medicaid kickback schemes. Amgen was out to push the sale of their new drug Aranesp‚ which was developed to treat amnesia associated with chronic renal failure. Despite numerous reports of complaints with the new drug‚ Amgen continued to sweeten the deal for long-term care pharmacy providers to switch Medicare and Medicaid patients
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distributor Shago. b. Henry Chan ignored the anonymous letter stating that the products for German retail chain HdM did not meet the safety requirements for fear of losing the customer. c. The business with Honghua is at risk because Ma was unable to use kickbacks with Lau. The delivery
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contribute to the problems with Medicaid kickbacks? According to the Anna Richo‚ Amgen’s Chief Compliance Officer‚ Amgen strives to conduct business in the "highest ethical manner". According to the site‚ Amgen each employee will be held accountable for any unethical practices. The code of conduct clearly states that all staff members are required to adhere to the laws‚ and act on good judgment. Kickbacks are illegal and deemed unethical in the United States. Kickbacks‚ sometimes referred to as bribery
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should ensure that the employees follow polices and guidelines within the company. Him finding out that most employees engaged in kickbacks and that they are comfortable with practice made him indifferent in his action. This situation made him confused on what step to take. Assume that you are Joseph and discuss your options? First‚ I would inquire how they do the kickback process. I would then hire an external force to help in investigating the matter. The external force will then take the matter
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Waters. Valerie has discovered that Lionel Waters was violating Wissons company policy that no employee should take personal payments‚ bribes or kickbacks to customers or suppliers or the receipt of kickbacks‚ bribes and personal kickbacks are prohibited. Valerie has discovered documentation showing that Waters is receiving personal kickbacks from two fragrance companies through his personal company. This concerns Valerie since her division only receives projects from these two fragrance
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