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Topic: Feds let Medicare provider give away
$20 grocery cards to lure patients |
Feds let Medicare provider give away
$20 grocery cards to lure patients
Washington Guardian, by Phillip Swarts
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 3/13/2013 9:25:45 AM
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| The Department of Health and Human Services has given qualified approval for a Medicare provider to give away $20 grocery gift cards to induce seniors to get more taxpayer-funded health screenings, despite concerns the promotion could run afoul of federal anti-kickback laws. The HHS inspector general, the agency´s internal watchdog, gave the OK in a little-noticed advisory opinion earlier this year, declaring it would not punish the provider´s good intentions even if the giveaway strayed into questionable legal territory. “The goal of the gift card program was to incentivize patients to receive health screenings and other clinical services,”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Redneck In NY, 3/13/2013 10:29:29 AM (No. 9222557)
And people wonder why seniors vote Dem.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 3/13/2013 11:02:39 AM (No. 9222630)
Wait until the hook is in the fishes mouth before setting it firmly. These cards will end up as a constitutional right.
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