Medicare and state health care programs: fraud and abuse; ambulance replenishing safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute. Final rule.
This final rule sets forth a safe harbor, as authorized under section 14 of the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987, to protect certain arrangements involving hospitals or other receiving facilities that replenish drugs and medical supplies used by ambulance providers (or first responders) when transporting patients to the hospitals or receiving facilities.
D000552:Ambulances / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States