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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion About Online Health Directories and Advertisements

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Does your practice pay to advertise in online directories? Or do you contract with a website to allow patients to book appointments or look for services? If the answer to these questions is “yes,” you may be interested in a...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Regarding Home Health Agency’s Proposal to Pay Tuition Costs for New Employees

On February 14, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-03 (Advisory Opinion) regarding a home health agency’s (Requestor) proposal to pay nurse aide certification tuition costs on behalf of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG’s First Advisory Opinion of 2022 Allows for Expansion of Discount Programs

On January 19, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 22-01 (the “Opinion”), analyzing a proposed expansion of...more

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OIG Approves Loyalty Rewards Program in Supermarket Pharmacies

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In its last Advisory Opinion of 2019 (19-06), the OIG approved a proposed arrangement involving a retailer rewards program through which out-of-pocket costs on in-store pharmacy purchases would qualify customers for future...more

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CMS and OIG issue long-awaited rules proposing changes to the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Civil...

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On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued long-awaited proposed changes “to modernize and clarify the...more

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HHS Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Online Healthcare Directory Charging Per-Click Fees

On September 5, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued OIG Advisory Opinion 19-04 ( Advisory Opinion). The Requestor asked OIG if providing an online healthcare...more

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OIG Blesses Hospital Program Seeking to Reduce Inpatient Admissions through Provision of Free, In-Home Care

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On March 6, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a favorable advisory opinion (AO 19-03) allowing a nonprofit medical center (Requestor) to provide free,...more

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