On average, the cost of elderly health care is $5,531 annually. The Anti-Kickback statute is concerned about improper financial incentives that often lead to abuses, such as overutilization, increased program costs, corruption of medical-decision making, and unfair competition. 6. M.D. Nathanson, Home Healthcare Answer Book: Legal Issues for Providers 212 (1995).
The health care plan will help close this gap by giving all Medicare D beneficiaries $250 to help pay for prescriptions. Furthermore, OIG legal authorities permit hospitals and others to offer bonafide discounts to uninsured patients and to Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries who cannot afford their health care bills.…
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