Business as usual or fraud?

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The FBI and the Office of the Inspector General of the Dept of Health and Human Services are increasing efforts to identify and prosecute fraudulent medical and laboratory services. Offering anything of value in exchange for Medicare referrals is considered illegal under the Medicare anti-kickback statute. Physicians can prevent fraud by examining contracts for lab services and consulting a health care attorney.

Administration of Public Health Programs, Medical laboratories, Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories, Health Care Services, Laws, regulations and rules, Medical care, Biomedical laboratories, Medical referral, Medicare

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Use clinical knowledge to make stock market pay off

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Physicians are teaming up with investment firms who use their knowledge of medicine to pick companies with new medical products as successful investments. Investor Steven Abernathy at Cowen and Co. has gotten a team of physician investors a 1000% return from Jan 1991 to Dec 1995. Even more conservative health care investors are seeing gains of 120%. The process, called "interactive investing," is described.

Security brokers and dealers, Securities Brokerage, Stock Brokerage, Innovations, Securities dealers, Stockbrokers, Investments, Cowen and Company L.L.C.

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