On April 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a fact sheet on the potential national coverage determination (NCD) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV. CMS...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant enforcement activity between July 21 and August 20, 2022. Key updates include a case in which the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...more
9/1/2022
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Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug Pricing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Payment Systems ,
Section 1557 ,
Skilled Nursing Facility
On December 7, 2016, the Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule containing revisions to both the federal Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors and the beneficiary...more
12/14/2016
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Ambulance Providers ,
Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Healthcare ,
Medicare ,
OIG ,
Pharmacies ,
Remuneration ,
Safe Harbors
On March 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) entitled “Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance...more