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Fraud and Abuse: OIG Advisory Opinion No. 00-3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Kathleen Gabriel
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The Office of the Inspector General issued an advisory opinion in April announcing that an arrangement to provide various services free of charge to patients with terminal illnesses who have a prognosis of one year or less to live (the “Program”) does not constitute grounds for sanctions under either the anti-kickback statute, section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act, or under section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act, which prohibits offering of inducements to beneficiaries to influence their selection of a provider for Medicare or Medicaid covered services.

The Hospice Foundation of Martin & St. Lucie, Inc., is a Florida nonprofit organization that acts as the supporting foundation for the Hospice of Martin & St. Lucie, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides various end-of-life services.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , Summer 2000 , pp. 193 - 194
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2000

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