CMS and OIG released highly anticipated final changes to the rules implementing the Stark Law, the safe harbors issued under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the beneficiary inducements provision in the civil monetary...more
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A New York State hematology-oncology medical practice (the Practice), has agreed to pay $5.3 million to resolve allegations that, over an approximate five-year period, it provided kickbacks to patients in the form of waived...more
On September 19, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a request by HHS to stay proceedings in litigation brought by the American Hospital Association and several providers seeking to compel the...more
On July 29, 2016, CMS released three separate final rules updating the fiscal year 2017 payment rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), hospices and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Payments will increase...more