On April 27, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 22-08 (Advisory Opinion) in which it declined to impose sanctions against a federally qualified health center (Requestor) for an arrangement...more
4/29/2022
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HHS Publishes Significant Updates to Anti-Kickback Statute Safe-Harbors and Beneficiary Inducement CMP Regulations -
On November 30 and December 2, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector...more
On September 6, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued OIG Advisory Opinion No. 19-05 (Advisory Opinion) permitting a community health center (Requestor) to...more
9/17/2019
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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion) to a university health system (Requestor) regarding two arrangements: (1) a proposal to waive cost-sharing obligations of...more
On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a long-awaited final rule (Final Rule) that expands the safe harbor regulations under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)...more
12/20/2016
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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion) to an integrated health care system (System) regarding a proposed arrangement whereby the System would provide a free...more
President Obama recently signed into law Public Law No. 114-10, the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015” (P.L. 114-10), which overhauls Medicare physician reimbursements by eliminating the use of the...more