On November 16, 2020, OIG issued a significant Special Fraud Alert that warns about certain “inherent” fraud and abuse risks raised by speaker programs sponsored by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. OIG expressed...more
CMS and OIG released highly anticipated final changes to the rules implementing the Stark Law, the safe harbors issued under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the beneficiary inducements provision in the civil monetary...more
12/1/2020
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Health ,
DMEPOS ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
Fair Market Value ,
Final Rules ,
OIG ,
Proposed Rules ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Assessment ,
Safe Harbors ,
Stark Law ,
Value-Based Care
On December 17, 2019, OIG published Advisory Opinion 19-06 approving a supermarket’s expansion of a loyalty program to allow customers to earn rewards points on out-of-pocket costs paid in connection with the purchase of...more
1/3/2020
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Customer-Loyalty Programs ,
Grocery Stores ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Retailers