Based on a recent deal in which a supplier of DME products would provide equipment to a physician in exchange for a prime space and fees, would directly violate the federal anti-kickback statute, according to the HHS Office of Inspector General latest advisory. The basis of this decision was based on the situation where the agreement would have allowed the physician to become a DME supplier for non-Medicare patients, and the DME supplier would have rented space in the physician’s office to supply DME directly to the physician’s Medicare patients. The reason that this arrangement raised eyebrows is because the in-house DME supply programs either together or individually, pose a …