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Highlights from OIG’s New Compliance Program Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released an important new compliance resource in November 2023. The HHS OIG’s new General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) is intended...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more

The Volkov Law Group

HHS-OIG Issues Comprehensive Compliance Guidance that Underscores the Need for a Robust and Independent Compliance Function (Part...

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The health care industry has a rich history of commitment and innovation in developing effective compliance  programs.  Going back to the 1990s, HHS elevated compliance program requirements for healthcare companies. Many of...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Client Update – New OIG General Compliance Guidance Released

November 28, 2023 | Legal Update On November 10, 2023, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its widely anticipated General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG). The OIG had previously announced that it would...more

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Reforms to the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act: A Closer Look at the Impact of SB 768

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Florida Senate Bill 768 (SB 768) amends the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992 (PSRA), which regulates financial arrangements between referring healthcare providers and providers of healthcare services. This amendment,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS Publishes New Data on Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Settlements

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published updated data regarding settlements made under the Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), an important mechanism through which providers may...more

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Congress Adds AKS and Stark Law Exceptions for Certain Wellness Programs

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA), Congress passed new exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) allowing certain healthcare entities to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Hidden in Plain Sight: Lesser-Known Exceptions Recently Adopted by Congress to the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law and...

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At the end of 2022, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”), for which there has been much fanfare.   As it relates to health care, this legislation included provisions addressing issues such...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Stark Settlement Targeting Hospital and Physicians a Reminder for Health Care Organizations

On March 29, 2023, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced a notable set of three settlements (collectively, the Settlement) in excess of $69 million dollars total with a...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2022 – CMS Cuts Rates and Extends Telehealth

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) Final Rule. In this post, we sample some key highlights from the Final Rule. ...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

OIG Publishes Favorable Advisory Opinion Related to the Employment Safe Harbor

In an advisory opinion posted November 10, 2021 (AO 21-15), the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) appeared to soften a disturbing position that it had taken in...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

CMS Corrects Inadvertent Omissions in Recent Stark Law Regulatory Amendments, Clarifies Reach of the Prohibition Related to...

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules for the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS Final Rule) and 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] 1135 Waivers in Action: Flexibilities, Limits and Next Steps for States and - April 21st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

On March 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) swept aside dozens of federal healthcare requirements using its emergency waiver authority under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act. The waivers—addressing...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Florida Health Law Quirks: Guidance for Health Care Businesses Entering Florida

If you are entering into the Florida health care industry for the first time or starting up a health care business in Florida, you should make yourself aware of Florida’s robust health care laws. Most importantly, Florida...more

K&L Gates LLP

CMS Finalizes Two New Exceptions and Other Modifications to the Stark Law

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On October 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a final rule, which was published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2015 (“Final Rule”), modifying the regulations implementing the...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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Giving Your Physician Agreements a Check-Up

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On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a fraud alert regarding physician compensation relationships and potential liability for illegal kickbacks under the...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Includes Changes to Stark Regulations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") recently released the proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the "Proposed Rule"), which includes a number of proposed revisions to the regulations under the...more

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CMS Proposed Stark Law Revisions

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On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law. The Stark Law is a key regulatory...more

K&L Gates LLP

The “Cross-Your-Fingers-And-Hope-It-Goes-Away” School of Statutory Interpretation”: Recent D.C. Circuit Opinion Orders HHS To...

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On June 12, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the “Court”) issued an opinion questioning the Department of Health & Human Services’ (“HHS”) interpretation of congressional intent when it...more

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Proposed Rule Aims to Refine Stark Regulations and Clarify “Incident To”

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On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the calendar year (CY) 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. In addition to updating several traditional Part B payment policies, the...more

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Breaking News: Top 10 Ways the Proposed Rule Impacts Stark Law

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With surprisingly little fanfare, the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule (the "Proposed Rule") released on July 8, 2015 proposes to add and amend several exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Statute, commonly known as the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fourth Circuit Upholds $237M Verdict Against South Carolina Hospital System for Stark Law Violations

On July 2, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a $237 million judgment against Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc., in a federal False Claims Act (FCA) case arising out of violations of the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Grants First Waiver of Stark Law Expansion Restrictions—Are More Ahead?

Are changes to the landscape of physician hospital ownership ahead? The Affordable Care Act amended the federal Stark Law to eliminate the “whole hospital exception” that permitted self-referrals provided the referring...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New Massachusetts Law Targets Self-Referrals of Clinical Laboratory Services

The Fiscal Year 2015 budget for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which was signed into law earlier in the week, included a broad prohibition on clinical laboratory self-referrals. This legislation (the “Bill”) originally...more

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