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Archive > August, 2009 Vol. X, No. 8

Coding & Billing

Surgeons Buying Premium IOLs a Poor Idea

Kevin J. Corcoran, COE, CPC, FNAO, San Bernardino, Calif.

While it's legal for a surgeon to buy premium IOLs and resell them to a facility, it's a poor idea. The practice runs afoul of Medicare regulations and skirts federal kickback laws. It's better for the facility to buy the IOLs and the surgeon to sidestep that transaction altogether.

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