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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Proposed Drug Rebate and PBM Service Fee Regulations Abandoned by Administration

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As reported here in February, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released two new significant proposed regulations that would have had a transformative effect on the drug...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump administration proposes ambitious AKS rewrite on drug rebates, but needs answers to big questions

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In a significant step towards implementing its American Patients First blueprint for lowering prescription drug prices and patient out-of-pocket costs, the Trump administration has proposed a series of changes to the...more

Baker Donelson

HHS Proposes Removing Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor Protection for PBM Rebates, Proposes Two New Safe Harbors

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On January 31, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued for public display a proposed regulation that would subject certain pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates paid to...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion 18-11 Offers Rare Insight to Safe Harbor for Price Reductions Offered to Eligible Managed Care Organizations

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed in Advisory Opinion No. 18-11 that the safe harbor for Price Reductions Offered to Managed Care Organizations applies to "any remuneration," not just price reductions or...more

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OIG Says Proposed MCO Incentive Program Protected by AKS Safe Harbor

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In its favorable Advisory Opinion 18-11, the OIG explains how a managed care organization’s proposed incentive program to pay network providers to increase the amount of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Broad is the Managed Care Safe Harbor?

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In Advisory Opinion No. 18-11, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (the “OIG”) addressed a Medicaid managed care organization’s (“MCO”) proposal to pay its contracted providers and...more

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IRS Guidelines Provide Greater Flexibility to Nonprofit Borrowers

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New guidelines from the Internal Revenue Service substantially overhaul safe harbors that have existed for 20 years. Specifically, the IRS recently released Revenue Procedure 2017-13 (“Rev. Proc. 2017-13”), which establishes...more

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IRS Issues New Guidelines for Qualified Management Contracts for Facilities Financed with Tax Exempt Bonds

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Health care providers with facilities financed with tax exempt bonds need to be aware of recent changes to the IRS rules for qualified management contracts. On August 22, 2016, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2016-44 which...more

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