The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) April 8 terminated a December 2011 advisory opinion (No. 11-18) that found a low risk of improper inducement of referrals from a fee arrangement in an electronically facilitated patient referral service. The OIG previously said the requesting service provider’s proposed fee discount of…
OIG Terminates Earlier Opinion on EHR Referral Fee, Concludes Fee Could Generate Improper Referrals
by Glenn S. Demby | Feb 25, 2015 | National Lab Reporter, OIG-nir, Reimbursement-nir | 0 comments