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OIG Gainsharing Opinion Facilitates P4P

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Although it has been almost a decade since the OIG has issued a gainsharing opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 17-09 confirms the federal government’s support of the pay for performance concept. OIG 17-09 is the first...more

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OIG Offers Additional Guidance on Gainsharing Arrangement in Advisory Opinion 17-09

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A non-profit acute care hospital may share cost savings for certain spinal surgeries with neurosurgeons in a multi-specialty physician group following approval by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of...more

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Limited Modifications in Final ACO Fraud and Abuse Waivers Most Notably Include Cut of Gainsharing CMP Waiver

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Nearly four years after publishing their joint interim final rule with comment period, effective November 2, 2011 (IFC), the OIG and CMS (Agencies) have finalized the waivers of various fraud and abuse laws in the context of...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

CMS and OIG Issue Final ACO Waivers

On Thursday, October 29, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) jointly issued a rule (the “Final Rule”) to finalize five (5) waivers of certain fraud and abuse...more

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SGR Fix Bill Includes Important Change to Gainsharing CMP

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President Obama recently signed into law Public Law No. 114-10, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” (P.L. 114-10), which overhauls Medicare physician reimbursements by eliminating the use of the...more

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Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: Paving the Way for Broader Gainsharing Activities

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On April 16, 2015, President Obama signed into law H.R.2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), a critical piece of health care legislation which represents significant movement towards a health...more

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OIG Proposes Rules on Free Transportation, Hospital Gainsharing, and Other Access to Care Arrangements

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The proposed rule to give providers more protections to promote beneficiary access to care solicits significant industry input. On October 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...more

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