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Fair market value (FMV) is a pinnacle issue with respect to healthcare regulatory compliance and compensation agreements. This article will analyze the issues related to an FMV defensibility analysis of compensation...more
The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2023 includes a new Stark Law exception and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe harbor, allowing hospitals and other health care entities to offer their physicians...more
The Court’s decision in U.S. v. Holland highlights the apparent contradiction between the judicially created and often relied upon “one purpose test” involving criminal and civil enforcement actions under the Federal...more
The Court’s decision in U.S. v. Holland highlighted the apparent contradiction between the often relied upon “one purpose test” involving criminal and civil enforcement actions under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute by...more
Life sciences companies often engage physicians as consultants and advisors to serve on scientific or clinical advisory boards, or to otherwise obtain their expertise relating to product-specific research and development,...more
Over the past decade, health care has evolved both in how it is accessed and administered. Whereas care was once accessible only in hospitals and physician offices, today health care sites of service have shifted to include a...more
In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized value-based exceptions under the Stark law, and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized value-based safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback...more
The federal health care Anti-Kickback Statute (Federal AKS) targets bribery and corruption in the health care industry. There are two core provisions of the Federal AKS: one targeting the bribe recipient and one targeting the...more
In an advisory opinion posted November 10, 2021 (AO 21-15), the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) appeared to soften a disturbing position that it had taken in...more
In the wave of physician practice management transactions, urology is poised to be one of the next hot sectors. In addition to the issues to consider in connection with any physician practice transaction, below we discuss...more
With just a week left before a new administration takes office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized changes to the regulations authorizing OIG to exclude...more
The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more
On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a long-awaited final rule (Final Rule) that expands the safe harbor regulations under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)...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
Healthcare providers of all kinds, as well as medical equipment suppliers, have traditionally relied upon discounts as a legitimate means of attracting patients and commercial clients without running afoul of the federal...more
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS: A "no" answer to any of the following questions may mean your lease is out of compliance with applicable laws. Is the lease in writing? Is the lease signed by both parties? Does it...more
With Halloween looming, a discussion of skeletons that may be lurking in a health care provider’s closet is timely. Many of our previous posts, as well as the monthly Qui Tam Updates published by our Health Care Enforcement...more
The federal anti-kickback statute (42 USC § 1320a-7b(b), the “Statute”) prohibits individuals and entities from receiving or soliciting any remuneration for the referral of services reimbursable under any federal health care...more
On October 6, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services issued OIG Policy Reminder: Information Blocking and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which “reminds” providers that...more
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
I conclude my tribute to my favorite Bob Dylan album, Highway 61 Revisited with a look at the most surreal song on the disc, Tombstone Blues. I want to use it to contrast the most excellent article that appears today as a...more
In This Issue: - Connecticut Supreme Court Rules State Does Not Recognize Mature Minor Doctrine - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Permitting Copayment Assistance - CMS Announces Recovery Audit Program...more
On October 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) published a proposed rule to expand the safe harbors and make other modifications applicable to the federal...more