Nearly a decade after the Affordable Care Act signaled a transition of the U.S. health care system to value-based care, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published on October 9 two long-awaited proposed rules intended to “modernize and clarify” the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) and federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) to reduce regulatory burdens and accelerate the transition.
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