The Department of Health and Human Services has released extensive and significant revised final rules governing the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark law) and the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in furtherance of...more
12/21/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Patients ,
Payment Systems ,
Physicians ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
The CMS proposed regulation issued on October 17, 20191 provides much needed clarity on the question of when compensation is deemed to vary with the volume or value of referrals or other business generated between the...more
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10/11/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Due Diligence ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Joint Venture ,
Mergers ,
Provider Payments ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Payments ,
Venture Capital
In what may be the penultimate chapter of the long–running saga of the Tuomey case, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the final judgment and award in favor of the government in its case against Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc....more
7/27/2015
/ Appeals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Nonprofits ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Qui Tam ,
Stark Law ,
Treble Damages ,
Tuomey