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- adjective Serving to
counter kickbacks (illicit payments);antibribery . - adjective Serving to prevent kickbacks (accidents with machinery).
Etymologies
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Examples
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A federal antikickback law prohibits medical-device makers from paying surgeons to use their products.
Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011
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A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Blackstone in a Massachusetts federal court by one of its former sales representative and a former distributor of its products alleges that the payments of up to $8,000 a month were to induce Dr. Lewis and other surgeons to use the company's devices, in violation of the federal antikickback statute, rendering Medicare reimbursement claims fraudulent.
Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011
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The federal antikickback law doesn't specifically address the issue of surgeons using medical devices made by companies they co-own, but HHS's Office of the Inspector General has issued regulatory guidance for complying with the statute: Among other things, it advises that no more than 40% of a company be owned "by investors who are in a position" to "generate business" for it.
Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011
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The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have both warned that PODs may violate federal antikickback statutes and laws governing patient referrals.
Hospital Bars Surgeon From Operating Room John Carreyrou 2011
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New Brunswick, N.J. -- agreed to disclose the payments in September in settling government allegations that they violated antikickback laws by paying physicians to use their products exclusively.
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Its view: "Accepting payment for moving a patient from a brand name to a generic could be viewed as an antikickback statute violation."
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A federal antikickback law prohibits medical-device makers from paying surgeons to use their products.
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A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Blackstone in a Massachusetts federal court by one of its former sales representative and a former distributor of its products alleges that the payments of up to $8,000 a month were to induce Dr. Lewis and other surgeons to use the company's devices, in violation of the federal antikickback statute, rendering Medicare reimbursement claims fraudulent.
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The federal antikickback law doesn't specifically address the issue of surgeons using medical devices made by companies they co-own, but HHS's Office of the Inspector General has issued regulatory guidance for complying with the statute: Among other things, it advises that no more than 40% of a company be owned "by investors who are in a position" to "generate business" for it.
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The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have both warned that PODs may violate federal antikickback statutes and laws governing patient referrals.
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