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OIG Tells Provider It's OK To Pay For Referrals

Published on Thu Jan 30, 2014

Providers that furnish a wide array of services may be able to pay for referrals to their non-federally paid business lines, a new Advisory Opin-ion from the HHS Office of Inspector General suggests. In the opinion, a company that has a variety of senior living and nursing facilities asks if it’s OK to pay a third party placement agency for [...]
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