On January 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) published OIG Advisory Opinion No. 23-15 (the “Opinion”), which addresses a request from a consulting company (the...more
On February 21, 2024, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it anticipates that the first two industry segment-specific compliance program guidance publications will likely be coming out in 2024 and will...more
On November 6, 2023, for the first time since 2008, the US Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued comprehensive “General Compliance Program Guidance” (“GCPG”) for all...more
In recognition that the prior versions of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) rules were not designed for a value-based health care delivery system, the new value-based safe harbors and exceptions (released in late...more
Providers should be aware consumers now have access to CMS resources that help them understand their rights under the No Surprises Act (NSA). In general, the NSA protects healthcare consumers from receiving surprise medical...more