On November 20, 2020, in addition to new Stark Law regulations intended to accommodate value-based financial arrangements with physicians, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final regulations that...more
As part of its Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, on November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two final rules which make significant and sweeping changes to regulations relating to...more
On April 21, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a brief explanatory guidance document related to the scope and application of its previous Stark Law blanket waivers to certain financial...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an unprecedented list of Stark Law blanket waivers under its emergency authority granted in Section 1135 of the Social Security Act (the Act)...more
Following President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar announced on March 13, 2020 a waiver pursuant to Section 1135 of the Social Security Act of numerous laws and...more