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
12/21/2020
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Value-Based Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG), recently published its Spring 2019 Semiannual Report to Congress. The report, released June 3, 2019, covers the period October 1, 2018...more
6/24/2019
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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules on December 7, 2016, updating certain existing safe harbor regulations, adding new safe harbor rules under...more
12/16/2016
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Medicare Part B ,
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Pharmacies ,
Remuneration ,
Rural Areas ,
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In its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would begin reviews of Medicare payments to hospitals to determine compliance...more
10/27/2015
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