A Deep Dive into the Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors: Part One of Two

It will also discuss how the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987 changed the Act and how it is administered. It will also discuss how the 1987 Act added protections for entities covered by the AKS.

The program will also review guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General as well as case law interpreting the AKS. In addition, we will also provide recommendations regarding how organizations should conduct marketing activities.

Why you should Attend

If your organization, be it a hospital, physician practice, DME provider, or any other provider offering healthcare services or supplies, engages in marketing its product or services, care must be taken to ensure that the organization does not run afoul of the Anti-Kickback Statute. This program will review not only the Statute itself, and the safe harbors, but will also critique the case law, OIG advisory opinions, and OIG compliance guidance to help you understand what you can and cannot do with engaging in healthcare marketing.

When you finish this program, you should have a good understanding of what you can and cannot do with regard to marketing activities. The penalties for not conducting a marketing program correctly can be severe, including exclusion, civil monetary penalties and even criminal prosecution.

Areas Covered in the Session

A brief review of the Anti-Kickback Statute, what it is and what is prohibited
A brief review of the safe harbors that relate to marketing activities
A review of the OIG advisory opinions as they relate to marketing
A review of OIG compliance guidance as it relates to marketing
An overview of case law relating to marketing activities
Strategies that should be taken to preclude liability

Who Will Benefit

Hospital Executives
Physicians, Including Dentists, Podiatrists and Chiropractors
Physician Practice Executives
DME Provider Executives
Ancillary Service Providers
Ancillary Service Provider Executives
Attorneys Representing any and all of the above

Speaker Profile

William Mack Copeland MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics.

Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent's Award in 2007.