On December 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published revised regulations implementing the so-called 60-day rule, under which healthcare providers and other parties generally must report and return any...more
On January 3, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) posted Advisory Opinion 23-15, approving a physician practice consultant’s proposal to offer gift cards to its customers when...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published updated data regarding settlements made under the Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), an important mechanism through which providers may...more
On January 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revisions to its Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), an important mechanism through which providers may disclose actual or potential...more
On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule...more
7/25/2022
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The CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule includes further revisions to the definition of the term “indirect compensation arrangement” under the federal physician self-referral prohibition (Stark Law). Less than...more
11/18/2021
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