The
Office of Inspector General (OIG) protects the integrity of the
Department of Health and Human Services programs through regulations
aimed at identifying fraud, waste and abuse within the pharmaceutical
industry. Pharmaceutical companies have a variety of remunerative
relationships with people in a position to refer, order, prescribe,
or influence the referral of pharmaceutical products. Representatives
cultivate relationships with physicians in a position to generate
business for them through a variety of practices, including gifts,
entertainment and personal services compensation. These activities
have a high potential for fraud and abuse and, historically, have
generated a substantial number of anti-kickback convictions. If
the remuneration is intended to generate any federal health care
business, it potentially violates the anti-kickback statute.
inTouch
will capture and track promotional items to make certain that
the threshold set by the client is not exceeded. If the representative
or practitioner
exceeds the threshold, the system will generate a warning requesting
the person to double check the entry.
The
Office of Inspector General (OIG) protects the integrity of the
Department of Health and Human Services programs through regulations
aimed at identifying fraud, waste and abuse within the pharmaceutical
industry. Pharmaceutical companies have a variety of remunerative
relationships with people in a position to refer, order, prescribe,
or influence the referral of pharmaceutical products. Representatives
cultivate relationships with physicians in a position to generate
business for them through a variety of practices, including gifts,
entertainment and personal services compensation. These activities
have a high potential for fraud and abuse and, historically, have
generated a substantial number of anti-kickback convictions. If
the remuneration is intended to generate any federal health care
business, it potentially violates the anti-kickback statute.
practitioner
exceeds the threshold, the system will generate a warning requesting
the person to double check the entry.