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 March 30, 2020, CMS issued blanket waivers of sanctions under the Federal physician self-referral law (the Stark Law) for purposes of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic (Stark Waivers or Waivers). The Stark Waivers,...more
4/9/2020
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Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Business Interruption ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Employee Retention ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Physicians ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business ,
Stark Law ,
Tax Relief
In an opinion issued last Wednesday, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s entry of final judgment in favor of a multi-state hospital system by dismissing the qui tam relator’s claims under the federal False...more
8/13/2019
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Commercial Leases ,
Development Agreements ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Final Judgment ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medicare ,
Qui Tam ,
Stark Law