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OIG Approves Charitable Pediatric Clinic's Cost-Sharing Waivers in Advisory Opinion 19-01

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On January 9, in its first Advisory Opinion of 2019 (OIG Advisory Opinion 19-01), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), issued a favorable opinion regarding an arrangement...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Routine Waiver of Federal Cost-Sharing Obligations

In an Advisory Opinion posted earlier this week, the OIG gave the green light to a charitable pediatric clinic’s routine waiver of patient cost-sharing amounts. The OIG’s analysis hinged on several factors that, taken...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Charitable Pediatric Clinic to Provide Routine Cost-Sharing Waivers

On January 14, 2019, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a favorable Advisory Opinion allowing a charitable pediatric clinic (Clinic) to routinely waive cost-sharing amounts for patients...more

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OIG Allows Cost-Sharing Waivers Among Fire Departments for Ambulance Services in Advisory Opinion 18-08

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A group of six government-operated fire departments has received a green light from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to enter into a mutual aid agreement to provide backup emergency ambulance services and to bill for...more

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New OIG Advisory Opinion Allows Waiver of Cost Sharing in Research Studies

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion 17-02, allowing waivers or reductions of cost-sharing amounts owed by financially needy Medicare beneficiaries in connection with certain clinical...more

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New Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors

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On December 7, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issued a final rule creating additional “safe harbors” for the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 USC § 1320a-7b(b) et...more

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