• Conduct research with one of the following news sources for healthcare:www.modernhealthcare.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. orhttp://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Present and discuss an ethical breach or violation in healthcare within the past 5 years in the United States. Include the following in your initial post: Outline the breach or violation, including the specific regulation or law, and discuss the legal and/or ethical implications and HIT/HIM consequences for the organization and the HIM department, the healthcare organization’s response and/or resolution, and so on.
• Furthermore, using the course content that you have learned thus far in the class, how would you address or examine this issue in a healthcare organization as a health information professional?

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The Modern Healthcare presents a case where four HCA hospitals are required to pay $8.6M over an alleged ambulance kickback scheme. This by itself is a violation of the Ant-Kickback statute. Under the United States health laws, the Ant-Kickback statute is a criminal statute that makes it an illegal exchange of anything of value to reward referral of health care programs. The Anti-Kickback statute was passed by the Congress in 1986. In essence, the laws State that it is a criminal offense to offer, pay or accept any form of compensation in exchange of referrals for health care services that are covered in by the federal healthcare program. In this …