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The Anti-Kickback Statute [1] (AKS) is an American federal law prohibiting financial payments or incentives for referring patients or generating federal healthcare business. . The law, codified at 42 U.S. Code § 1320a–7b(b), [2] imposes criminal and, particularly in association with the federal False Claims Act, civil liability on those who knowingly and willfully offer, solicit, receive ...
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1986 The Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act of 1986 ( Pub. L. 99–634 , 100 Stat. 3523 , enacted November 7, 1986 , originally codified at 41 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., recodified at 41 U.S.C. ch. 87 ) modernized and closed the loopholes of previous statutes applying to government contractors .
Statutory Anti-Kickback Liability. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(b) (AKS) is a criminal statute which makes it improper for anyone to solicit, receive, offer or pay remuneration (monetary or otherwise) in exchange for referring patients to receive certain services that are paid for by the government. Previously, many ...
A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday ordered the ... violating the anti-kickback statute and defrauding the government. ... travel he did not have to make because of the Philippines ...
Copeland "Anti-kickback" Act; Long title: An Act to effectuate the purpose of certain statutes concerning rates of pay for labor, by making it unlawful to prevent anyone from receiving the compensation contracted for thereunder, and for other purposes: Enacted by: the 73rd United States Congress: Effective: June 13, 1934: Citations; Public law ...
Alabama state Rep. John Rogers has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to obstruct a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme involving state grants. The longtime lawmaker ...
In 1986, the United States Congress passed the stringent Anti-Kickback Enforcement Act to prevent such schemes. [7] The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits medical providers and physicians from paying or receiving kickbacks or any financial benefits in return for referrals of patients who are covered under federal healthcare programs ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A former associate of Joel Greenberg was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to helping the disgraced Seminole County tax ...