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2009

10-07-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-17 (PDF)
(concerning a joint venture to provide EMS and scheduled ambulance transportation services)
09-24-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-16 (PDF)
(concerning a proposed arrangement between a professional organization and a referral service)
09-03-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-15 (PDF)
(concerning an exclusive contract for ambulance transport services between a municipality and an ambulance company that provides reimbursement to the city for the costs of providing emergency dispatch services and for monitoring the quality of the emergency ambulance operation)
Advisory Opinion 09-14 (PDF)
(concerning an exclusive contract for ambulance transport services between a township and an ambulance company that provides for reimbursement to the township for the costs of providing emergency dispatch services)
08-18-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-13 (PDF)
(concerning a proposal for a hospital to provide subsidies to an affiliated ambulance cooperative, to enable the cooperative to provide certain ambulance services currently provided by the hospital)
08-14-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-12 (PDF)
(concerning a proposal for a government entity to subsidize copayments for outpatient prescription drugs owed by certain financially needy Medicare Part D enrollees)
08-10-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-11 (PDF)
(concerning the provision of free blood pressure screenings to walk-in visitors at a hospital)
07-31-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-10 (PDF)
(concerning the proposed use of a "preferred hospital" network as part of a Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance ["Medigap"] policy)
07-29-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-09 (PDF)
(concerning a proposed joint venture involving ownership of an ambulatory surgery center by a hospital and physicians)
07-28-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-08 (PDF)
(concerning a proposed institutional patient assistance program that would make certain drug products available to people without prescription drug coverage through the provision of replacement stock to certain participating disproportionate share hospitals)
06-30-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-06 (PDF)
(concerning an existing arrangement in which a hospital has agreed to share with a cardiology group, a vascular surgical group, and an interventional radiology group a percentage of the hospital’s cost savings arising from the physicians’ implementation of a number of cost-reduction measures in certain cardiac catheterization procedures)
Advisory Opinion 09-07 (PDF)
(concerning a proposal to expand an existing program that provides free oral nutritional supplements to malnourished end-stage renal disease patients who are on dialysis)
05-26-2009
Notice of Modification of OIG Advisory Opinion 08-11 (PDF)
(concerning Advisory Opinion No. 08-11 (PDF), which was issued on 09-04-2008, regarding the waiving of cost sharing obligations for protocol-required clinical services and oxygen therapy provided to Medicare beneficiaries who participate in the Long-term Oxygen Treatment Trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
05-21-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-05 (PDF)
(concerning a hospital’s proposal to compensate physicians for on-call services performed on behalf of the hospital’s uninsured patients)
05-18-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-04 (PDF)
(concerning a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization’s arrangement to provide financial assistance with cost-sharing obligations associated with certain advanced diagnostic testing owed by financially needy patients, including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries)
04-30-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-03 (PDF)
(concerning an arrangement whereby three municipalities reciprocally waive otherwise applicable cost-sharing obligations of individuals residing within each other’s borders when providing backup emergency medical services transportation)
04-02-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-02 (PDF)
(concerning an employment contract entered into concurrently with a real estate purchase contract between the employer and new employee)
03-13-2009
Advisory Opinion 09-01 (PDF)
(concerning a complimentary local transportation program for friends and family of residents of a skilled nursing facility)

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