federal Anti-Kickback Statute
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The federal Anti-Kickback Statute is a U.S. criminal law that prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce or reward referrals for services or items reimbursable by federal healthcare programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| federal Anti-Kickback Statute canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8263952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: federal Anti-Kickback Statute Context triple: [Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS OIG, appliesLaw, federal Anti-Kickback Statute]
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A.
False Claims Amendments Act of 1986
The False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 is a major U.S. federal law that strengthened the government’s ability to combat fraud against federal programs by expanding whistleblower (qui tam) provisions and increasing penalties for false claims.
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False Claims Act
The False Claims Act is a U.S. federal law that imposes liability on individuals and companies who defraud government programs, notably allowing whistleblowers to file actions on the government's behalf.
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C.
Robinson-Patman Act
The Robinson-Patman Act is a U.S. federal antitrust law enacted in 1936 that targets price discrimination by large sellers to protect small businesses and promote fair competition.
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D.
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act is a U.S. federal law that sets labor standards, including minimum wages, maximum hours, and safety requirements, for workers employed on government supply contracts.
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E.
Riegle-Neal Act
The Riegle-Neal Act is a 1994 U.S. federal banking law that removed many restrictions on interstate banking and branching, enabling banks to operate more freely across state lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: federal Anti-Kickback Statute Target entity description: The federal Anti-Kickback Statute is a U.S. criminal law that prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce or reward referrals for services or items reimbursable by federal healthcare programs.
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A.
False Claims Amendments Act of 1986
The False Claims Amendments Act of 1986 is a major U.S. federal law that strengthened the government’s ability to combat fraud against federal programs by expanding whistleblower (qui tam) provisions and increasing penalties for false claims.
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B.
False Claims Act
The False Claims Act is a U.S. federal law that imposes liability on individuals and companies who defraud government programs, notably allowing whistleblowers to file actions on the government's behalf.
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C.
Robinson-Patman Act
The Robinson-Patman Act is a U.S. federal antitrust law enacted in 1936 that targets price discrimination by large sellers to protect small businesses and promote fair competition.
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D.
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act is a U.S. federal law that sets labor standards, including minimum wages, maximum hours, and safety requirements, for workers employed on government supply contracts.
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E.
Riegle-Neal Act
The Riegle-Neal Act is a 1994 U.S. federal banking law that removed many restrictions on interstate banking and branching, enabling banks to operate more freely across state lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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criminal law ⓘ health care fraud and abuse law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
AKS
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federal AKS ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Medicaid
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Medicare ⓘ clinical laboratories ⓘ federal health care programs ⓘ health care providers ⓘ hospitals ⓘ managed care organizations ⓘ medical device manufacturers ⓘ pharmaceutical manufacturers ⓘ pharmacies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| covers |
bribes
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covert payments ⓘ direct payments ⓘ indirect payments ⓘ kickbacks ⓘ overt payments ⓘ rebates ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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linked to:
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Justice
|
| goal |
prevent overutilization of health care services
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protect federal health care program funds ⓘ protect patients from medically unnecessary services ⓘ |
| hasConcept | safe harbor regulations ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
can lead to exclusion from federal health care programs
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can result in civil monetary penalties ⓘ can result in criminal fines ⓘ can result in imprisonment ⓘ |
| legalStandard | knowingly and willfully ⓘ |
| prohibits |
kickbacks related to items reimbursable by federal health care programs
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kickbacks related to services reimbursable by federal health care programs ⓘ offering remuneration to induce referrals ⓘ paying remuneration to induce referrals ⓘ receiving remuneration for referrals ⓘ soliciting remuneration for referrals ⓘ |
| regulates |
arrangements involving discounts and rebates in federal health care programs
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compensation arrangements tied to patient referrals ⓘ financial relationships between health care providers and referral sources ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
False Claims Act
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Stark Law ⓘ |
| requires | remuneration be in cash or in kind ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
fraud and abuse in federal health care programs
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health care referrals ⓘ remuneration for health care business ⓘ |
| violationType | felony offense ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: federal Anti-Kickback Statute Description of subject: The federal Anti-Kickback Statute is a U.S. criminal law that prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce or reward referrals for services or items reimbursable by federal healthcare programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.