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Anti-Kickback Statute Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Qualified Health Plans

The Anti-Kickback Statute is a United States federal criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or the promise to exchange) of anything of value for referrals of federal healthcare program business. The... more +
The Anti-Kickback Statute is a United States federal criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or the promise to exchange) of anything of value for referrals of federal healthcare program business. The statute aims to prevent situations where government officials channel federal healthcare dollars towards particular providers, who have offered or given the official a personal benefit. Penalties for violation of the Anti-Kickback statute apply to both sides of a prohibited transaction and can include jail time and steep monetary fines. less -
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Implementation of Final Rule Excluding PBM Rebates from Discount Safe Harbor Delayed Until 2023

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Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (“PCMA”) lawsuit results in delayed implementation of Final Rule while Biden Administration review is ongoing - Pursuant to a Court Order, implementation of the U.S. Dept. Health...more

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Do Subsidized Health Care Plans Purchased Under the Affordable Care Act Trigger the Anti-Kickback Statute?

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The advent of federally subsidized private pay health insurance under the Affordable Care Act has the potential to expand the application of the federal anti-kickback statute beyond just Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. The...more

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HHS's Mixed Messages: Identifying a Federal Healthcare Program When You See It

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Recent seemingly contrary determinations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have fueled industry speculation regarding whether qualified health plans (QHPs) available on the health insurance exchanges...more

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May Providers Pay Health Insurance Premiums for HealthCare.gov Plan Enrollees?

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Following last week's declaration that Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) on HealthCare.gov are not "Federal health care programs," and thus are not subject to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, CMS released additional guidance...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

CMS Creates Clarity and Confusion on Application of Fraud and Abuse Laws to Qualified Health Plans

On October 30, 2013, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to U.S. Representative Jim McDermott stating that HHS does not consider qualified health plans (QHPs) sold...more

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Dodging the AKS: Marketplace Plans Are Not "Federal Health Care Programs"

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In an October 30th letter addressed to Congressman Jim McDermott, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, left little to interpretation: Qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Sebelius: "Qualified Health Plans Are Not Federal Health Care Programs"

In a letter to Rep. Jim McDermott dated Oct. 30, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius clarified that qualified health plans (“QHPs”) available on the health insurance exchanges under the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Declares Third Party Payment of QHP Premiums Not OK

On the heels of HHS’s recent announcement that qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance exchanges are not “federal health care programs” for purposes of the federal anti-kickback...more

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HHS Clarifies that ACA Qualified Health Plans are Not Subject to Federal Anti-Kickback Statute; Expresses Concern about Providers...

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that Qualified Health Plans (sold on and off the Exchanges) are not “Federal health care programs” for purposes of the federal anti-kickback statute. The...more

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HHS Announces That ACA Exchange Plans Are Not “Federal Health Care Programs”

In a surprising move late last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that qualified health plans (QHPs) purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance exchanges are not “federal health care programs”...more

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