The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act – Enforcement Trends & Effects on Employment Arrangements
The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”) was enacted in 2018 in an effort to address fraud occurring in substance use disorder (“SUD”) treatment. EKRA prohibits paying, receiving, or soliciting remuneration in return for patient referrals to laboratories, recovery homes, and clinical treatment facilities.[1] Under EKRA, clinical treatment facilities are defined broadly to include, “a…