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OIG Approves Net Profit–Based Bonuses for Employed Physicians

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion No. 23-07, in which OIG approved a proposed arrangement to pay employed physicians bonuses based on net...more

July Fast Break Recap: Fourth Circuit AKS Case Enforcement Analysis

We hope you were able to join us for our July Fast Break on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit's recently affirmed $114 million judgment in United States v. Mallory. If not, you missed a great session, featuring...more

HHS Regulatory Sprint Crosses the Finish Line: New Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules Forecast Big Changes for Patients and Value-Based...

Powerfully illustrating the efforts of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transform the US healthcare system to a value-based model, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare...more

HHS to Exercise Enforcement Discretion in Response to CMS Telehealth Waiver

As we noted in our previous Health Law Scan blog CMS Issues Program Instructions for Medicare Telehealth Waiver, CMS issued program instructions on March 17 to implement the Medicare telehealth waiver in response to the...more

Tele-Tuesday: Congress’s Coronavirus Bill Includes Major Telehealth Changes

As part of emergency funding to combat the threat of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), last week Congress waived many of the telehealth restrictions for Medicare services in certain situations. This monumental change...more

OIG and CMS Coordinate Seismic Change to Fraud and Abuse Laws—What It Means for the Health Industry

Highlighting the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) efforts to transform the US healthcare system to a value-based model, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more

Senate Finance Committee Examines Repeal of the Stark Law

A new report suggests that the Stark law is obsolete in new payment models. On June 30, the US Senate Committee on Finance (the Committee) released the report Why Stark, Why Now? Suggestions to Improve the Stark Law to...more

Senate Finance Committee Updates Report on Physician-Owned Distributorships

The report finds that PODs increase overutilization, lack transparency, and increase the risk of patient harm and warns that hospitals must combat the growing threat of PODs. On May 10, the US Senate Committee on Finance...more

OIG Proposes Rules on Free Transportation, Hospital Gainsharing, and Other Access to Care Arrangements

The proposed rule to give providers more protections to promote beneficiary access to care solicits significant industry input. On October 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...more

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