For nearly 40 years, federal courts have been required to defer to an agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute, even if the court did not agree with that interpretation. This deference, commonly referred to as Chevron...more
8/13/2024
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On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more
11/23/2016
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If the October 1, 2015 ICD-10 transition buildup felt to you like Y2K all over again, then you are not alone. Although some hospitals have reported delays in payments, physician practices have not experienced delays in...more
Starting January 1, 2016, physicians and certain health care organizations will be able to take advantage of two new exceptions to the physician self-referral law (commonly referred to as the “Stark Law”). Stark contains two...more
A laboratory proposing to enter into an exclusive relationship with physician practices has been advised that the arrangement may violate federal law. The laboratory sought advice from the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”)...more
4/2/2015
Last week, while many of us were digging out from one snowstorm and bracing for another, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was keeping busy. HHS lawyers were preparing to defend a key...more
3/5/2015