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Butler Snow LLP

Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Waivers Prove to be Useful Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic … But, Will They Last?

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The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the “Stark Law”) and the federal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules

As healthcare moves increasingly from fee-for-service model to one focused on outcomes and value-based payments, the traditional fraud and abuse laws, such as the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, pose obstacles to...more

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Waiver Amounts Owed For Telehealth Services During The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak

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The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Policy Statement on March 17, 2020 regarding the waiver of amounts owed by beneficiaries for services provided by telehealth. Recognizing the...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Will Not Impose Administrative Sanctions for AKS Violations for Conduct Covered by Certain Blanket Waivers of the Stark Law

On April 3, 2020 the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Policy Statement to notify health care providers and other parties subject to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) that the OIG will not impose administrative...more

King & Spalding

OIG Announces Policy Not to Sanction Providers for Waiving Cost Sharing Obligations for Telehealth Services

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On March 17, 2020, OIG issued a policy statement titled, “Policy Statement Regarding Physicians and Other Practitioners That Reduce or Waive Amounts Owed by Federal Healthcare Program Beneficiaries for Telehealth Services...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OIG Releases Policy Statement Extending HHS Blanket Waiver Protection to Certain Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violations During...

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On April 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a policy statement of enforcement discretion (the “Policy Statement”) regarding sanctions under the Federal...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Issues FAQs on its Policy for Waiver of Patient Cost Sharing Obligations for Telehealth During COVID-19 Public Health...

On March 25, 2020, the Office of Inspector General, Health and Human Services (OIG) issued two frequently asked questions (FAQs), clarifying its March 17th Policy Statement Regarding Physicians and Other Practitioners That...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Waiver of Patient Cost-Sharing Obligations for Telehealth Services During COVID-19 Pandemic

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On March 17, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Policy Statement addressing the ability of physicians and other practitioners to reduce or waive patient...more

King & Spalding

HHS OIG Updates Its Interpretation of “Nominal Value” Under CMP to $15 Per Item or $75 Per Patient Per Year

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On December 7, 2016, HHS OIG issued a “General Policy Statement Regarding Gifts of Nominal Value to Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries” (Policy Statement). In the Policy Statement, OIG announced that it is changing its...more

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