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Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Influence Stark Law Implementation Rules Starts This Week

We are on the clock. As an industry, we have 75 days to comment on the rules published in the Federal Register this week about how the Stark Law is implemented....more

Increased Use of Checklists in Compliance Investigations

Every day, people rely on highly skilled professionals to recall from memory a litany of information which helps them assess conditions, use their judgment, and respond accordingly. It should come as no surprise then, that...more

Stark Law: What Providers Should Know About New CMS Form

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized Form CMS-10328 (the SRDP Form), a new OMB-approved information collection instrument that must be used by providers and suppliers utilizing the Stark Law...more

Supreme Court Rejects Government's FCA Implied Certification Theory

The Supreme Court of the United States in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. Escobar et al., weighed in on and embraced the implied certification theory of liability within the False Claims Act (FCA)....more

60-Day Overpayment Reporting Final Rule—The Rule of Six

On February 12, 2016, CMS published the Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Final Rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule takes effect on March 14, 2016. Overall, CMS appears to have listened to stakeholders and acknowledged...more

The OIG Wants You to Know It Is Targeting Physicians - The OIG's June 2015 Fraud Alert

On June 9, 2015, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Fraud Alert that cautions physicians about questionable medical directorship and office staff arrangements. [Alert available here]. In the Fraud Alert, the...more

You Are Now on the Clock — Sunshine Act Dispute Window Now Open

Beginning Monday, July 14, 2014, the review, dispute and correction process outlined the National Physician Payment Transparency Program (also known as the "Sunshine Act") opens on CMS's Open Payments website. Physicians and...more

Fourteen Years Later: New OIG Guidance On Excluded Providers

In This Issue: - Exclusion from Federal Health Care Programs - The New Advisory Bulletin - What Providers Should Know - For More Information - Excerpt from Exclusion from Federal Health Care...more

OIG Issues Advisory Opinion On Co-Management Incentive Compensation Arrangement

On January 7, 2012, the OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 12-22 to address a co-management arrangement between a hospital and physicians that is designed to align incentives by offering compensation based on quality, service,...more

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