Reference no: EM133492276

Memo Proposal You are responsible for business memo and a required, associated Appendix analyzing a legal or compliance issue that impacts your hypothetical employer, Careless University Medical Center (CUMC).

More Money, More Problems - CUMC has just hired you as their Compliance Manager. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) evaluated the local population and believes it necessary to increase their Medicare patients and associated Medicare billing to bring in more revenue. He suggests that one way to encourage business is to make CUMC a research center on health issues for elderly adults. The CMO plans to team with a local physical therapy practice, Geriatric Gold, which his wife works as Chief Financial Officer for. For every patient that he refers to Geriatric Gold, CUMC will receive $250 as they deem fit. The CMO asks you to write a memo on if his proposed plan is ok and in compliance with federal laws; and if not, which ones are implicated, why and what potential penalties could apply. He also asks you to draft a one-page appendix to the memo with a draft training module outline that could be disseminated to relevant employees.