In June, the U.S. District Court Docket for the Northern District of Illinois held {that a} medical administration firm (MPI) violated the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), False Claims Act, and Illinois False Claims Act by paying a group care group (HCI) for entry to the non-public data of HCI purchasers with a view to market Medicare-reimbursed healthcare providers to these purchasers. The court docket held that underneath a “file entry principle” of referral, the defendants had violated the AKS, which makes it against the law to knowingly and willfully pay any remuneration in trade for referrals of things or providers reimbursable…

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