CMS and OIG released highly anticipated final changes to the rules implementing the Stark Law, the safe harbors issued under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the beneficiary inducements provision in the civil monetary...more
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According to Kimberly Brandt, Chief Oversight Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee’s majority staff, the Senate Finance Committee could reintroduce the Audit & Appeals Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare Act of...more
On December 29, 2016, CMS and OIG issued a Notice of Amended Waivers of Certain Fraud and Abuse Laws in Connection with the Next Generation ACO Model (the 2016 Notice). The 2016 Notice does not change or limit arrangements...more
On June 30, 2016, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch released a white paper examining potential reforms to the Federal Stark law. The white paper, entitled “Why Stark, Why Now? Suggestions to Improve the Stark...more