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The High Cost of Paying Physicians for Referrals: Tuomey Healthcare System Faces Penalties of up to $357 Million

by Ari H. Gerstin, Elizabeth F. Hodge | Akerman Senterfitt on 5/17/2013

On May 8, 2013, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina found that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act (FCA) by illegally paying referring physicians. The jury...more

Jury Ruled in Tuomey Healthcare Retrial that the Hospital Violated the Stark Law and False Claims Act

by King & Spalding on 5/17/2013

On May 8, 2013, a jury concluded that Tuomey Healthcare System, Inc. (Tuomey), a community hospital in Sumter, S.C., violated the Stark law for allegedly improper compensation arrangements in 2005 between the hospital and 19...more

Intermountain Healthcare Settlement – Dangers Of Hospital Agreements With Physicians

by Michael Volkov on 4/30/2013

Hospitals continue to be under the Department of Justice-HHS/Office of Inspector General microscope. DOJ-OIG is a potent combination and carry with them the threat of criminal prosecution, civil false claims enforcement and...more

Hospital And Physician Compliance With Anti-Kickback And Stark Restrictions

by Michael Volkov on 4/24/2013

A bribe is a bribe. It is not as easy as it sounds. Not all payments of money or transfers of value are bribes. The FCPA tells us that. It is even more complicated when trying to navigate Anti-Kickback and Stark law...more

OIG and CMS Issue Proposals to Extend Safe Harbor and Exception for EHR Donations

by Darby C. Allen, Donna S. Clark | BakerHostetler on 4/22/2013

In the April 10 Federal Register, two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules that many healthcare providers have been anxiously awaiting affecting donations of electronic...more

CMS and OIG Propose Extension of Federal Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Record Donations

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/11/2013

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services published complementary proposed rules in the...more

Will Federal Protection for EHR Donations Be Extended Beyond December 31, 2013?

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/1/2013

Rumors are circulating that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) will continue to allow the donation of electronic health...more

Physician Recruitment Agreement -- Active Medical Staff Privilege Requirement Upheld

by Robert Wolin | BakerHostetler on 3/12/2013

Health Management Associates' University Medical Center (UMC) recruited Kevin Dennis to Lebanon, Tennessee under a physician recruitment agreement that required him to "apply for, receive and maintain active medical staff...more

CMS Publishes Physician Payment Sunshine Rules; Manufacturers and Group Purchasing Organizations Are Required to Submit Detailed...

by Frederick Ball, Elinor Hart | Duane Morris LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited rules (the "Rules") detailing manufacturers' and group purchasing organizations' reporting requirements under Section 6002...more

Electronic Prescribing And Electronic Health Records Exceptions To The Stark Law

by Audrey Rierson | Carlton Fields on 1/23/2013

The electronic prescribing and electronic health records (“EHR”) exceptions to the federal physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn) were first published in the Federal Register in 2006, yet they...more

OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds Light On Pay-For-Performance Relationships Between Hospitals And Physicians

by Darby C. Allen, Donna S. Clark | BakerHostetler on 1/20/2013

On January 7, 2013, the HHS OIG released Advisory Opinion 12-22 concerning a rural hospital's (Hospital) proposal to pay a cardiology group (Group) a performance bonus for achieving certain patient service, quality and cost...more

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