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Whether Company A ("Company A"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Company B ("Company B") (collectively referred to as "Company AB") would be subject to exclusion from Federal health care programs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b).

Asks whether an outpatient radiology imaging center joint venture owned by a medical group specializing in radiology and a hospital care provider (i) generates prohibited remuneration within the meaning of the anti-kickback statute, Section 1128B of the Social Security Act ("Act"); (ii) constitutes grounds for the imposition of an exclusion under Section 1128(b)(7) of the Act (as it applies to kickbacks); (iii) constitutes grounds for criminal sanctions under Section 1128B(b) of the Act; and/or (iv) satisfies the criteria set out in Section 1128B(b)(3) of the Act or associated regulations, 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952.