In This Issue:
NO. 07-01: OIG Declines to Impose Sanctions on Hospital?s
Proposed Free Acute Dialysis Services
PAGE 1
NO. 07-02: OIG Rejects Proposal to Subsidize Ambulance Costs
PAGE 3
NO. 07-03: OIG Approves Credit Card Rewards to Benefit Nursing Home, Employees PAGE 4
NO. 07-04: OIG Approves Patient Assistance Programs Benefitting Financially Needy Part D Beneficiaries
PAGE 4
NO. 07-05: OIG Rejects Proposed Hospital/Physician Joint
Venture in an ASC PAGE 5
NO. 07-06: OIG Approves Charitable Organization?s Cost-sharing Aid to Medicare Beneficiaries
PAGE 6
NO. 07-07: OIG Approves Cash Donation to Senior Residence
Program PAGE 8
NO. 07-08: OIG Rejects Free Home Oxymetry Testing PAGE 9
NO. 07-09: OIG Approves Retailer?s Member Reward Program
PAGE 10
NO. 07-10: OIG Approves Hospitals? Payments to Physicians for On-call Services PAGE 11
NO. 07-11: OIG Approves Grants for Cancer Patients? Out-of-pocket Treatment Costs PAGE 12
NO. 07-12: OIG Approves Lowand No-cost Therapy Services for
Veterans? Nursing Homes PAGE 13
NO. 07-13: OIG Disapproves Sale of ASC Ownership Interests to Optometrists PAGE 15
OIG 2007 Advisory Opinions NO. 07-14: OIG Approves
Exclusive Contracts for Ambulance Transport Services
PAGE 15
NO. 07-15: OIG Approves Medigap Policy?s Use of Preferred
Hospital Network PAGE 17
NO. 07-16: OIG Approves Educational Videos to Prospective
Surgical Patients PAGE 18
NO. 07-17: OIG Approves Excluded Individual?s Transfer of
Intellectual Property Rights to Children?s Company PAGE 19
NO. 07-18: OIG Approves Costsharing and Premium Aid to Medicare and Medicaid Patients PAGE 19
NO. 07-19: OIG Approves Free Test Reports for Hospital
PAGE 20
NO. 07-20: OIG Approves Location of Physician-owned Medical
Imaging Center PAGE 22
NOS. 07-21 & 07-22: OIG Approves Gainsharing arrangements
Involving Cost Savings in Cardiac Surgeries PAGE 22
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