Doty L W, Campbell A T
Health Law Department, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Healthc Financ Manage. 2000 Oct;54(10):56-8.
Conducting a thorough due diligence is essential for any buyer that plans to acquire a healthcare entity, including a hospital or a group practice, because it provides an opportunity for the buyer to uncover billing or other fraud-and-abuse problems within the selling organization. These problems can be significant, because the buyer can be held liable for undiscovered billing problems that result in investigation, prosecution, and penalties. It is important for the buyer to ascertain who bears the liability of fraud-and-abuse violations and attempt to protect itself from assuming such liability.
对于任何计划收购医疗保健实体（包括医院或集团诊所）的买家而言，进行全面的尽职调查至关重要，因为这为买家提供了一个机会，去发现出售组织内部的计费或其他欺诈与滥用问题。这些问题可能很严重，因为买家可能会因未被发现的计费问题而承担责任，这些问题可能导致调查、起诉及处罚。买家必须确定谁应对欺诈与滥用违规行为负责，并试图保护自己不承担此类责任，这一点很重要。
