I. Physician Relationships with Payers Introduction. The five most important Federal fraud and abuse laws that apply to physicians are the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark law), the Exclusion Authorities, and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL).he AKS is a criminal law that prohibits the knowing and willful payment of remuneration to induce or reward patient referrals or the generation of business involving any item or service payable by the Federal health care programs (e.g., drugs, supplies, or health care services for Medicare or Medicaid patients).
â¢ FAULT LINE (noun). The noun FAULT LINE has 1 sense: 1. (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. Familiarity information: FAULT LINE used as a noun is very rare. FAULT LINE (noun). The noun FAULT LINE has 1 sense: 1. (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. Familiarity information: FAULT LINE used as a noun is very rare.
A fault is a break in the rocks that make up the Earthâs crust, along which rocks on either side have moved past each other. Not every crack in the ground is a fault. What defines a fault is the movement of the rock on either side. When that movement is sudden, the released energy causes an earthquake.Some faults are tiny, but others are part of great fault systems along which rocks have slid past each other for hundreds of miles. fault is a break in the rocks that make up the Earthâs crust, along which rocks on either side have moved past each other. Not every crack in the ground is a fault. What defines a fault is the movement of the rock on either side. When that movement is sudden, the released energy causes an earthquake.