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.
Fault (power engineering) In an electric power system, a fault or fault current is any abnormal electric current. For example, a short circuit is a fault in which current bypasses the normal load. An open-circuit fault occurs if a circuit is interrupted by some failure.