Rule CG-TRB-002
Offers and pricing: what rule CG-TRB-002 checks
Rule CG-TRB-002 is one of the checker's offers and pricing rules. It cites 42 CFR 422.2260, Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines. The reason, source and safer wording are below.
CG-TRB-002 · Blocks approval · Citation checked against stored text
Waiving Medicare cost sharing, promising free equipment or benefits to Medicare beneficiaries, guaranteeing coverage, and soliciting Medicare numbers by phone or mail are fraud markers and prohibited marketing practices.
Source: Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 USC 1320a-7b(b); Beneficiary Inducement CMP, 42 USC 1320a-7a(a)(5); CMS Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines, 42 CFR 422.2260 et seq.; Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Safer wording: Do not waive copays, promise free items or total coverage, or ask for Medicare numbers in an ad. State covered services only as they appear in Medicare coverage rules.
42 CFR 422.2260, Medicare Communications and Marketing Guidelines · Needs counsel review
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