anti-kickback

Sounds like a violation of both Stark and the anti-kickback statute to me. fostert says:

Matthew Yglesias » Advice on Recession-Proofing Your Hospital 2010

And it's all perfectly legal -- brought to you by the Reagan Administration in 1986, through changes to the Social Security Act that exempted GPOs from the Medicare anti-kickback statutes.

Martha Burk: Hospital Sh**ty Deals Rival Wall Street on Kickbacks That Cost You Money Martha Burk 2010

We represent a former vice president at a private hospital chain in a False Claims Act case against the hospital chain alleging widespread Medicare fraud and violations of the anti-kickback Stark Laws.

Jammie’s new lawyer KAD Camara v the RIAA 2009

And it's all perfectly legal -- brought to you by the Reagan Administration in 1986, through changes to the Social Security Act that exempted GPOs from the Medicare anti-kickback statutes.

Martha Burk: Hospital Sh**ty Deals Rival Wall Street on Kickbacks That Cost You Money Martha Burk 2010

By creating "financial incentives for physician investors to use those devices that give them the greatest financial return," they may violate an anti-kickback statute and other federal fraud and abuse laws, the report warns.

Senators Request Probe of Surgeons John Carreyrou 2011

One hospital system, Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Memorial Health Systems, decided last month to stop doing business with such entities, telling its staff in a memo that PODs are "inconsistent with the spirit and intent of the federal anti-kickback statute."

Senators Request Probe of Surgeons John Carreyrou 2011

The new front end has nine inches of wheel travel and geometry that creates anti-kickback steering.

Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide 2009

The HHS secretary has used her authority to waive Stark a federal law against patient referrals made in order to benefit from Medicare reimbursements and anti-kickback restrictions for the first wave of ACOs to permit innovations in cooperation.

Can Accountable-Care Organizations Improve Health Care While Reducing Costs? Anna Wilde Mathews 2012

By creating "financial incentives for physician investors to use those devices that give them the greatest financial return," they may violate an anti-kickback statute and other federal fraud and abuse laws, the report warns.

Senators Request Probe of Surgeons John Carreyrou 2011

One hospital system, Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Memorial Health Systems, decided last month to stop doing business with such entities, telling its staff in a memo that PODs are "inconsistent with the spirit and intent of the federal anti-kickback statute."

Senators Request Probe of Surgeons John Carreyrou 2011