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HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 6: Proposed Changes to the AKS Related to Beneficiary Inducement

As reported previously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published two proposed rules that seek to implement wholesale changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

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OIG Proposes New Exception for Dialysis-Related Telehealth Technologies

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The Situation: Telehealth services continue to evolve and show promise for improving quality care, care coordination, and access to services while also reducing the costs of care. The Action: The Office of Inspector...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Critical Analysis of CMS’ Proposed Stark Law Changes

As part of HHS’ Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, CMS recently published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would fundamentally change and alleviate the manner in which the Stark Law regulatory framework has...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 3: CMS Proposes Expansive Set of Changes to Stark Regulations

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This Client Alert serves as the third in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as part...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CMS and the OIG Issue Far-Reaching Proposed Rules to the Federal Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws

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In a coordinated effort, CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published proposed rules to modernize regulations implementing the federal physician-self referral law, commonly referred to as the “Stark Law” (Stark),...more

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HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 2: Cybersecurity Technology and Electronic Health Records

On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published two proposed rules (one by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and one by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)) that, if...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 2: OIG Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rules

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This Client Alert serves as the second in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) as part of its...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Trump Administration’s ‘Regulatory Sprint’ Includes Revisions to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

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On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two proposed rules: Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations and Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors under the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CMS Proposes Changes to Physician Self-Referral Regulations to Promote Value-Based Health Care

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued a long-awaited proposal to reform the Physician Self-Referral Law’s (Stark Law’s) regulatory exceptions and to provide updated guidance for physicians and...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CMS Proposes Sweeping Revisions to the Stark Law

"CMS Proposes Sweeping Revisions to the Stark Law" is Part I of a two-part series discussing the US Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) recent proposed rules revising the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute as...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

New Stark Law Exceptions for Value-Based Care

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed changes to the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (the “Stark Law”), as well as the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced significant changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (known as the Stark Law) through proposed rules issued...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HHS Proposes Substantial Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations

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The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, released today as part of the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, would...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Modifying the HIPAA Rules: The Next Leg in HHS’s Sprint to Coordinated Care

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On December 14, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on potential modifications to the HIPAA Rules focused on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCR Seeks Ideas on HIPAA Rule Changes to Promote Value-Based Care and Coordinated Care

The Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a request for information (“RFI”) to assist OCR in identifying provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) privacy and security regulations (the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

OCR Seeks HIPAA Comments on Coordinated Care

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Request for Information, which is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Dec. 14, 2018. OCR is asking the public to provide...more

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OIG Releases RFI Focused on Removing Barriers to Value-Based Care

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The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a request for information (RFI) seeking public input on "how to address any regulatory provisions that may act as barriers to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Sprinting to Coordinated Care: Healthcare Industry Urges Stark Law Relief as OIG Solicits Feedback on Changes to the Anti-Kickback...

August 24, 2018 marked a busy day for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) self-designated "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care," an initiative aimed at dismantling the regulatory barriers to providers...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CMS Seeks Stakeholder Input on Easing Stark Law Requirements

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• In order to encourage value-based reimbursement and care delivery, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on how to address any undue regulatory...more

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