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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion For Federally Qualified Health Center’s Smartphone Loan Program

The Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion 22-08 (the “Advisory Opinion”), concluding that the provision of limited use smartphones by a federally qualified health center (“FQHC”) to...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Opinion for Providing Free Smartphones to Patients to Promote Telehealth Services

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The increased use of telehealth services is a trend that is expected to continue long after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. In keeping with this trend, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Federally Qualified Health Center’s Smartphone Loan Program

On April 27, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-08 (AO 22-08), which addresses an existing arrangement of a federally qualified health...more

Baker Donelson

OIG Approves Smartphone Loaner Program in Advisory Opinion 19-02

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) approved in Advisory Opinion 19-02 a pharmaceutical manufacturer's proposal to implement a loaner program involving limited functionality smartphones containing technology that is...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Smartphone Loan for Needy Patients Taking Digital Drug

Last week, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion regarding a proposal by a pharmaceutical manufacturer (Manufacturer) to loan a...more

King & Spalding

OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Giving the Green Light to a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Plan to Provide Limited Functionality...

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On January 24, 2019, OIG issued Advisory Opinion No. 19-02, analyzing a proposed arrangement in which a pharmaceutical manufacturer would loan smartphones to patients who meet certain poverty level requirements in order to...more

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HHS OIG: Smartphone loaner to needy patients may not violate Anti-Kickback Statute

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On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion No. 19-02, advising that OIG would not pursue enforcement under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) or the...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Advisory Opinion No. 19-02 Allows Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to Temporarily Loan Smartphones to Financially Needy Patients to...

On January 24, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a favorable advisory opinion allowing a pharmaceutical manufacturer (“Manufacturer”) to temporarily loan limited-functionality smartphones to financially...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OIG Approves Manufacturer Loaning Smartphones as Appropriate Patient Assistance to Support Digital Medicine

On January 29, the Health and Human Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) released new guidance that sheds further light on the types of patient assistance that may be provided under the “Promotes Access to Care”...more

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