This is the fifth in a five-part series discussing the new Value-Based Regulations adopted last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General.

The Stark Full Financial Risk Arrangement exception protects participants in a value-based arrangement with a value-based enterprise that has assumed “full financial risk.” This risk must be on a prospective basis, for the cost of all patient care items and services covered by the applicable payor for each patient in the target patient population, and for a specified period of time.