IIT Tenet Healthcare Corporation Violation of The Anti Kickback Statute Case Study

For Module 1 Case Study you will review the following case against Tenet Healthcare and two of its subsidiaries, Atlanta Medical Center, Inc. and North Fulton Medical Center, Inc., regarding their engagement in the payment of healthcare kickbacks in exchange of patient referrals. The full case and details can be found at:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/hospital-chain-will-pay-over-513-million-defrauding-united-states-and-making-illegal-payments

Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to download and read/review the “Civil Settlement Agreement”, “Tenet NPA and Attachments”, and “Criminal Information for Atlanta Medical Center In, and North Fulton Medical Center, Inc.” to get an overall understanding of the details of the case.

After review of the case, compose a 3-5 paragraph response that accomplishes the following objectives:

• Identifies the main issues/problems presented in the case
• Analyzes the issues in detail, discussing potential factors that contributed to the case, and the effects of the issues on the viability of the health system.
• Discusses the impact of the allegations and settlement on the health care facilities/system, patients and providers.
• Discuss how an effective compliance program could help to mitigate risk of these types of incidences in the future?
• Discuss any strategies or solutions that could be employed to prevent future incidences.

Your response should adhere to APA formatting and include a reference page when applicable