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Donna S. Clark

Donna S. Clark

BakerHostetler


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Groundhog Day for Tuomey: Jury Finds Hospital Violated Stark Law and False Claims Act

On May 8, 2013, a jury in the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina returned a verdict finding that Tuomey Healthcare Systems, Inc. (Tuomey) violated the Stark Law and the federal...more

5/22/2013 - False Claims Act Healthcare Hospitals Medicare Physicians Stark Law Whistleblowers

OIG and CMS Issue Proposals to Extend Safe Harbor and Exception for EHR Donations

In the April 10 Federal Register, two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules that many healthcare providers have been anxiously awaiting affecting donations of electronic...more

4/22/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute CMS Electronic Medical Records Healthcare Medical Devices OIG Physicians Safe Harbors Stark Law

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert for Physician-Owned Entities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert expressing concern that physician-owned entities "that derive revenue from selling, or arranging for the...more

4/5/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute Fraud HHS Medical Devices Physician-Owned Distributors Physicians

OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds Light On Pay-For-Performance Relationships Between Hospitals And Physicians

On January 7, 2013, the HHS OIG released Advisory Opinion 12-22 concerning a rural hospital's (Hospital) proposal to pay a cardiology group (Group) a performance bonus for achieving certain patient service, quality and cost...more

1/20/2013 - Anti-Kickback Statute Civil Monetary Penalty HHS Hospitals Medicaid Medicare OIG Pay-for-Performance Physicians Stark Law

Health Law Update — January 10, 2013

In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more

1/14/2013 - American Taxpayer Relief Act CMS Data Breach Electronic Medical Records Fraud Healthcare OCR OIG Overpayment Recovery Time Limits Pay-for-Performance Reporting Requirements Settlement

A Message From Donna Clark And Darby Allen On The A To Zs Of Stark Law Compliance

Healthcare providers, particularly physicians and hospitals, regularly engage in business arrangements that may implicate the federal self-referral law, known as the Stark Law. Recent changes to the Stark Law, including...more

12/10/2012 - CMS Compliance DOJ False Claims Act HHS OIG Stark Law

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