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Some doctors come to investigators’ attention because a whistleblower cries foul. In other cases, a routine audit expands into a fraud investigation. But the recent sentencing of a Bowling Green, Ky. physician was triggered by a couple of low-revenue tests.
A former neurologist who has billed himself as a "world leading physician" is heading to prison, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a June 8 press release. 
A Staten Island doctor, the latest convict in the Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services kickback case, gets four years and will pay $127,500 after being found guilty of taking bribes to send his bloodwork to the Jersey lab.

An Opp, Ala.-based medical practice will pay a hefty sum to settle allegations that the practice violated the anti-kickback statute and the Stark physician self-referral rule.

Note: This article appeared in Medical Practice Compliance Alert, a sister publication of Part B News.
 
Medical Practice Compliance Alert has previously outlined several steps physicians should take to protect themselves when they prescribe opioids, such as following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state clinical guidelines, complying with state laws that limit opioid prescribing, prescribing opioids only when medically necessary and avoiding relationships with pharmacies that may violate the anti-kickback law.

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