Doctors must be careful to avoid entering into payment agreements that could violate the anti-kickback statute, HHS' Office of Inspector General warned in a fraud alert Tuesday that follows a dozen recent settlements involving physician contracts.
The alert could signify that the feds are increasingly pursuing allegations against individual doctors, as opposed to just the hospitals and other organizations that pay them. Or it could be a way to remind physicians that they, too, are accountable for arrangements that skirt the law, experts say.
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