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Ep. 30 – Ensuring Payments to Physicians for Administrative Services Meet a Stark Exception

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Providers will often pay physicians for serving in important administrative roles within the organization. Compensation for administrative services can create risk to the organization under multiple laws, including the...more

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Highlights from OIG’s New Compliance Program Guidance

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released an important new compliance resource in November 2023. The HHS OIG’s new General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) is intended...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new Innovation in...more

The Volkov Law Group

HHS-OIG Issues Comprehensive Compliance Guidance that Underscores the Need for a Robust and Independent Compliance Function (Part...

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The health care industry has a rich history of commitment and innovation in developing effective compliance  programs.  Going back to the 1990s, HHS elevated compliance program requirements for healthcare companies. Many of...more

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A Long-Awaited Change: OIG Updates its Compliance Program Guidances

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From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Client Update – New OIG General Compliance Guidance Released

November 28, 2023 | Legal Update On November 10, 2023, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its widely anticipated General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG). The OIG had previously announced that it would...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion on Common Arrangements between Physician Practices and Health Care Providers

On August 15, 2023, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a negative Advisory Opinion regarding a turnkey physician-owned entity (Newco) operated by an existing provider...more

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Office of Inspector Warns Against Proposed Surgeon-owned Turnkey Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Business

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In a rarely seen “unfavorable” advisory opinion, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently warned that an entity’s (“Requestor”) proposal to assist surgeons in...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Congress Adds AKS and Stark Law Exceptions for Certain Wellness Programs

As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA), Congress passed new exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) allowing certain healthcare entities to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Hidden in Plain Sight: Lesser-Known Exceptions Recently Adopted by Congress to the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law and...

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At the end of 2022, Congress enacted the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”), for which there has been much fanfare.   As it relates to health care, this legislation included provisions addressing issues such...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Stark Settlement Targeting Hospital and Physicians a Reminder for Health Care Organizations

On March 29, 2023, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced a notable set of three settlements (collectively, the Settlement) in excess of $69 million dollars total with a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | January 2023 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity and developments occurring in January 2023, including several criminal and civil enforcement actions related to the federal...more

Dickinson Wright

[Webinar] Safeguarding Your Practice: 2022 Fraud and Abuse Updates - November 10th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

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This presentation will provide an update on significant changes in significant cases related to the Stark Law, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute....more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

OIG Publishes Favorable Advisory Opinion Related to the Employment Safe Harbor

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

The Volkov Law Group

Akron Ohio Health System Agrees to Pay Over $21 Million to Settle False Claims Act Violations for Improper Payments to Referring...

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Akron General Health Systems, a regional hospital system based in Akron, Ohio agreed to pay $21.25 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it maintained improper relationships with referring physicians,...more

McGuireWoods LLP

CMS statement clarifies agency’s view that the Stark Law final rule is effective

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Industry publication BVWire quoted a statement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that gives healthcare providers more certainty to rely on the much heralded final rule modernizing the physician...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

A Deeper Dive into CMS’ Multiple Best Prices Policy

As my colleague Tom wrote about in a recent post, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finally responded to a growing chorus of stakeholders that government price reporting requirements, particularly...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Unpacking the Anti-Kickback and Stark Reforms: Promoting Value-Based Care and Easing Regulatory Compliance - January...

A New Manatt Webinar Guides You Through New Reforms Promoting Value-Based Care and Easing Regulatory Compliance—the Most Significant Changes to the Federal Fraud and Abuse Landscape in the Last Decade. On November 20,...more

Baker Donelson

Regulatory Sprint: Understanding the Impact on the Stark Law, Anti-kickback Statute, and Value-based Arrangements

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The Department of Health and Human Services has released extensive and significant revised final rules governing the Physician Self-Referral Law (the Stark law) and the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in furtherance of...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

What to Expect: HHS Issues Final Rules on Stark, AKS & CMP Laws

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued two corresponding final rules amending the implementing regulations of the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”), the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”),...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

CMS Publishes Monumental Changes and Updates to the Physician Self-Referral (Stark) Law Regulations

The Robinson+Cole Health Law Group is committed to examining and reporting on issues important to the health care and life sciences industries. Below are excerpts from our Health Law Diagnosis blog, where we post on fraud and...more

King & Spalding

HHS Issues Final Rules Implementing Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Reforms

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On Friday of last week, HHS published two long-awaited final rules implementing significant changes to the regulations under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The two final rules are: (i) Revisions to the Safe...more

Alston & Bird

CMS and OIG Significantly Update the Physician Self-Referral Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

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Nearly a year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed rules to implement part of its Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care by making significant updates to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute with new...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS and OIG Release Changes to the Stark, Anti-Kickback and Patient Inducement Laws to Fuel Innovation, Ease Regulatory Burdens,...

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On November 20, in a coordinated effort, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released final rules to modernize regulations implementing the federal physician-self...more

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CMS Announces Extension on Publishing Final Rule Governing Physician Self-Referrals in Stark Law

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Health care providers looking for long-awaited answers to new proposed rules changes governing physician self-referral arrangements may have to wait a bit longer. ...more

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