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Changes to Stark Law Special Compensation Rules for Group Practices Go into Effect on January 1, 2022

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The final rules regarding special compensation under 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, the Physician Self-Referral or Stark Law, go into effect on January 1, 2022 and will require many physician group practices to modify their compensation...more

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Stark Law Changes Coming to Physician Compensation Models in 2022

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Medical groups that have division-based or service-level approaches to physician compensation should spend their summer evaluating their models in light of Stark Law revisions that go into effect on January 1, 2022. The...more

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Increased Flexibility Under the Stark Law for Signature AND Writing Requirements

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As CMS works to modernize and clarify the Physician Self-Referral (Stark) Law, the proposed rule published on October 17, 2019 includes a proposed revision that would provide greater flexibility for many nonabusive...more

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CMS Advisory Opinion 2017-01 Approves Pop-up Alerts to Physicians Through Online Laboratory Portal

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A clinical laboratory has received a green light from CMS to offer pop-up notifications alerting physicians of various potential issues (Laboratory Alerts) through its web-based portal for ordering and reporting results of...more

Morgan Lewis

Stark Law Clarifications Bring Both Benefits and Potential Challenges - Hospital Industry Viewpoint

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The new clarifications suggest a more lenient CMS, but providers shouldn’t compromise their compliance standards. Throughout the halls of hospitals’ legal and compliance departments, people have been talking....more

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Giving Your Physician Agreements a Check-Up

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On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a fraud alert regarding physician compensation relationships and potential liability for illegal kickbacks under the...more

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