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Long-Awaited Disincentives Rule for Providers Gives the Information Blocking Rule Teeth

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On June 24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized the Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking (Disincentive Rule) under the 21st Century...more

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Healthcare Providers Beware: Finalized Disincentives Sharpen the Teeth of Information Blocking Rule

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On June 24, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the 21st...more

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HHS Proposes Rule to Establish Disincentives for Healthcare Providers That Engage in Information Blocking

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In 2020, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Final Rule to implement the information blocking prohibitions of the 21st Century Cures Act, HHS left healthcare providers wondering what...more

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Stark Under the Microscope: Congress and HHS Examine Reform of the Stark Law for a Value-Based System

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On July 17, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health ("Subcommittee") expressed its commitment to modernizing the Stark Law during a hearing in which industry and government...more

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Healthcare Leaders cite Fraud and Abuse Laws as Obstacle to Value-Based Arrangements

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As the healthcare industry moves towards value-based purchasing, pay-for-performance, and other payment reform models, industry leaders have identified federal fraud and abuse laws as a barrier to full implementation of such...more

King & Spalding

OIG Releases FY 2016 Work Plan

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On November 2, HHS OIG released its FY 2016 Work Plan. The Work Plan summarizes new and ongoing OIG reviews with respect to HHS programs and operations, providing an advance notice to the industry, policymakers, and the...more

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Top Three Reasons ACOs Should Use Telehealth and Telemedicine

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Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can share costs of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services among their hospitals, providers/suppliers, and other ACO participants, according to federal regulations under the...more

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OIG Releases Mid-Year Update to its Work Plan

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On May 28, 2015, the OIG published a revised version of its Work Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. As previously reported, the original version of the FY 2015 Work Plan was published in October and summarized the OIG's ongoing...more

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OIG's Co-Management Arrangement for Cardiac Cath Labs

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On January 7, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) posted a favorable advisory opinion concerning an existing co-management arrangement (“Arrangement”) between a large, rural,...more

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