Richard DeFoore Agreed to Be Excluded for 3 Years for Arranging with Laboratories
Outcome
OIG enforcement action against Richard DeFoore Agreed to Be Excluded for 3 Years for Arranging with Laboratories for false claims, kickbacks.
Details
Richard DeFoore Agreed to Be Excluded for 3 Years for Arranging with Laboratories — OIG Enforcement (2015)
OIG took enforcement action against Richard DeFoore Agreed to Be Excluded for 3 Years for Arranging with Laboratories in TX in 2015 involving false claims, kickbacks violations in the Hospitals / Health Systems sector.
Violation types: False Claims, Kickbacks
Entity type: Hospital
Penalty type: Settlement
Location: TX
Source: Richard DeFoore Agreed to Be Excluded for 3 Years for Arranging with Laboratories to Pay Kickbacks to Physicians
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's billing compliance controls enforce documentation-to-claims reconciliation, requiring clinical attestation before claims submission and flagging billing patterns that deviate from documented care delivery. Crucible's referral monitoring tracks patient source patterns and flags arrangements that correlate referral volume with financial relationships, enforcing anti-kickback compliance documentation.
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