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New Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor Aim to Combat Physician Burnout

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Health care professionals have faced increasing burnout and mental health issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to address these rising issues, Congress passed the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider...more

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Health Care Triage: Value-Based Lessons Learned: Two Years Later, How Have Providers Utilized New AKS and Stark Flexibilities?

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In this episode, Macy Flinchum talks with Limo Cherian and Steven Pine about some of the major takeaways, challenges, and successes that providers have experienced in navigating the new regulatory flexibilities for...more

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Physician Wellness Programs: A New Stark Law Exception and AKS Safe Harbor to Combat Burnout

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The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023 includes a new Stark Law exception and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbor, allowing hospitals and other health care entities to offer their physicians...more

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Investing In or Opening an Ambulatory Surgery Center? Beware of State & Federal Regulations

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Investment in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is soaring. Physicians, hospitals, and health systems are attracted by the high margins, significant growth potential, payer influence, and efficient patient care. Beyond...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

“Stark” Rules: Navigating Physician Leases and Subleases

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Under the Federal Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (more commonly known as “Stark”), if a physician has a financial relationship with an entity, the physician may not refer patients to the entity for medical services payable...more

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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

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New Advisory Opinion on ASCs: New Flexibilities (Or Not?)

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A recent advisory opinion issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has generated a great deal of buzz in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) world. However, in some ways, the buzz is overstated and does not...more

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What to Expect, Part III: Modified AKS Safe Harbor for Personal Services & Management Contracts

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The Office of Inspector General’s (“OIG”) new Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) regulations modify the safe harbor for personal services and management contracts (42 CFR § 1001.952(d)) in a manner that allows providers...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New Opportunities in Value-Based Care Part 4: How to Create a Partial Risk Value-Based Enterprise

This is the fourth in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General. The Stark Meaningful Downside...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Final Rules: Value-Based Arrangements

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly published final rules that expand upon and modify regulatory safe harbors and exceptions to the Anti-Kickback Statute and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: CMS and OIG Final Rules for Innovating Your Value-Based Payment Program - Diagnosing Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") and the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") of the Department of Health and Human Services have at last published their long-awaited companion final rules advancing...more

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Value-Based Safe Harbors and Exceptions to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

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On 2 December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) issued two Final Rules in conjunction with its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” which will markedly change the regulatory fraud and abuse...more

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White Paper: Value-Based Safe Harbors and Exceptions to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

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On 2 December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) issued two Final Rules in conjunction with its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” which will markedly change the regulatory fraud and abuse...more

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Healthcare Blog Series: CMS and HHS-OIG Issue Final Rules Updating the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

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On November 20, 2020, over one year after releasing proposed changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Fraud and Abuse Rules Part III: New Value-Based Arrangement Protections

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As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules, effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] What Compliance Professionals Need to Know About the New Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations - January 29th, 12:00 pm -...

Learning Objectives: - Explain changes to existing concepts including fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and volume or value - Examine the new definitions, exceptions, and safe harbors and their impact on...more

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The Regulatory Sprint is Over – What’s at the Finish Line Under the New Stark and AKS Final Rules?

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) completed its “Regulatory Sprint” by finalizing changes to regulations pertaining to two federal fraud and abuse laws. On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &...more

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CMS and the OIG Issue Final Rules Modernizing and Clarifying the Federal Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws

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In a coordinated effort, on November 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published final rules to modernize regulations implementing the federal...more

Baker Donelson

Regulatory Sprint: Understanding the Impact on the Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute, and Value-based Arrangements

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The Department of Health and Human Services has released extensive and significant revised final rules governing the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark law) and the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in furtherance of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Stark Law Updates Aimed at Advancing the Transition to Value-Based Care: CMS Issues a Final Rule Creating New Exceptions for...

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On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register companion final...more

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White Paper: CMS Finalizes Updates to the Stark Law to Reduce Regulatory Burdens and Provide Flexibility to Providers

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On 2 December 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Notice of Final Rulemaking in the Federal Register (Final Rule), modifying the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral...more

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HHS Issues Final Cybersecurity Safe Harbor and Exception

On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) each released a final rule (the Final Rules). The Final...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CMS Overhauls Stark Law Regulations as Part of Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care

On November 20, 2020, in addition to new Stark Law regulations intended to accommodate value-based financial arrangements with physicians, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final regulations that...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Done Sprinting, but Are We There Yet? The Value-Based Stark Exceptions and AKS Safe Harbors

On December 2, 2020, CMS and OIG finished a two-year sprint to modernize the Stark and Anti-Kickback (AKS) regulations to remove barriers to value-based care and incentivize patient-centered care coordination....more

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OIG Issues a Final Rule Designed to Advance the Transition to Value-Based Care and Modernize the Regulatory Framework

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On December 2, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published in the Federal Register long-awaited, companion...more

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