Health Care & Hospital Law
Oct. 21, 2011
Investigation into physician-owned distributors continues
Physician-owned distributors of medical devices comes under Congressional scrutiny. By Vince Farhat and Maria T. Currier of Holland & Knight LLP
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched a wide-ranging investigation into physician owned distributors (PODs) that sell surgical implant devices to hospitals. Expressing concern for potential fraud and abuse, the Senate directed the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to review this rapidly growing segment of the health car...
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