Patient Gifts, Discounts and Freebies: What You Can and Can't Do Under the Health Care Laws in 2024
Learn how to judge whether patient gifts, discounts and freebies are allowed under health care laws, which exceptions may apply, and how to support patients compliantly.
Speaker
Joseph Wolfe
Healthcare attorney · Hall Render · Leads Hall Render regulatory practice
Overview
Gifts, discounts and freebies for patients can raise problems under health care laws. This 60-minute patient inducements webinar explains how to analyze them and decide what your organization can and can't offer.
You'll look at whether an offer provides a real patient benefit and whether exceptions may apply, such as those for financial hardship, transportation, preventive care and patient engagement. The session starts with an overview of the law, then sets out key ways to comply, examples of compliant patient support and best practices.
The focus is on practical guidance health care organizations can use when designing patient incentives and discounts.
Why attend: Health care organizations want to support patients, but incentives and discounts need to fit within the law. This session gives practical guidance for assessing patient inducements and structuring support that complies. It suits in-house counsel, health care compliance officers, health care HR, CFOs and executives.
What’s covered
- An overview of the law
- Analyzing patient inducements and whether there is a patient benefit
- Exceptions for hardship, transportation, preventive care and patient engagement
- Key ways to comply
- Examples of compliant patient support
- Best practices
Who should attend
What you get
About the speaker
Joseph Wolfe is an attorney with Hall Render, the largest healthcare-focused law firm in the country. Mr. Wolfe supports high-performing hospitals, health systems, medical groups, and other healthcare organizations nationwide on complex financial, legal, regulatory, and strategic issues both as a consultant and attorney, depending on the scope of support, client preference, and need. He is a frequent speaker for most of the national healthcare trade associations and has given over 200 in-person, web-based, and podcast presentations in recent years. He is the leader of Hall Render’s healthcare regulatory practice group and currently serves as the vice chair of educational programming for the American Health Law Association’s Fraud & Abuse Practice Group. He is licensed as an attorney in both Florida and Wisconsin.
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