You are the Compliance Officer of a 230-bed teaching hospital. You have just read a newspaper article reporting that a physician on the hospital's medical staff has been charged with violations of the False Claims Act in his private practice. The charges include upcoming and billing for unnecessary services. Do you believe that there is any way that the hospital could be implicated in the physician's misdeeds? What is your first reaction to receiving this information? If it appears that the charges are legitimate and some disciplinary action is necessary, what are your options? When you suggest suspending the physician form the medical staff for 6 months, the Chief Medical Officer reminds you that the physician refers a large number of patients to the hospital. Does this make a difference to you?