Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Midyear Premium Increases and Cafeteria Plan Rules
K&L Gates Triage: An Insider’s Perspective on the Health Care Debate in Washington, DC
K&L Gates Triage: 340B Regulatory Update: CMS Proposal and Draft Executive Order Could Have Big Impact on 340B Program
Collaborating Before The PTAB
As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules expected to be effective Jan. 19, 2021, that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law...more
In furtherance of its goals of expanding the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and improving security through the use of cybersecurity technology, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed...more
August 24, 2018 marked a busy day for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) self-designated "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care," an initiative aimed at dismantling the regulatory barriers to providers...more
On Aug. 24, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a request for information (RFI) regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Beneficiary Inducement provisions of the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) law. The...more
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a wide-ranging request for information (RFI) seeking ideas on how it might add or modify safe harbors to the...more
As we welcome the new year and its endless possibilities, we also welcome some new Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors and concomitant business possibilities. In December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...more
Just in time for the New Year, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued final regulations (Final Regulations) that revised two existing Anti-Kickback Statute safe...more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) adding new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute, amending existing safe harbors, and...more
On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule to implement revisions to certain Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbors, as well as revisions to...more
On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule to establish new safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty (CMP) rules,...more
On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issued a final rule that will have a widespread impact on health care service providers, medical transport providers,...more
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
On December 7, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a final rule to amend the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS or Statute) by adding new safe harbors. The Final Rule...more
In an uncertain health care environment following the presidential election, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) finalized a new rule expanding existing safe harbors to the federal...more
Editor's Overview - It has been a little more than one year since the U.S. Supreme Court altered the legal landscape for litigating ERISA breach of fiduciary duty claims relating to the investment in employer stock...more
On December 28, 2012, the IRS issued proposed regulations with respect to employer-shared responsibility regarding health coverage under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). Employers are permitted to rely on these proposed...more