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OIG’s Advisory Opinion No. 25-08: Negative Opinion Highlights Potential Broad Reach of AKS

In a relatively rare move, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an unfavorable Advisory Opinion (No. 25-08) (Opinion) reinforcing the agency’s expansive view of the...more

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OIG Reminds Us that Flat Fee Business Arrangements Aren’t Immune from AKS Scrutiny

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On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more

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OIG Says Medical Device Company's Proposal to Pay for Exclusion Screening for Customers May Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute

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On June 20, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an unfavorable advisory opinion - OIG Advisory Opinion 25-04 (“AO 25-04”)....more

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Vertex’s Attempt to Redefine AKS Falls Short: Key Insights for Pharma Manufacturers

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In a series of recent legal challenges initiated by the pharmaceutical industry against the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG), manufacturers have contested the OIG’s...more

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FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Fall 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more

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Summary and Key Considerations of Recent HHS-OIG Advisory Opinion on Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Program for Rare Disorders

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On April 8, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a long-awaited favorable Advisory Opinion (AO 24-02) for a charitable patient assistance program (PAP) focused on rare...more

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Federal Judge Rejects Pharma Manufacturers’ Challenge to Negative OIG Advisory Opinion

A Virginia Federal Judge recently rejected a challenge to a negative Advisory Opinion issued by the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) that disapproved of a proposal where certain...more

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Déjà vu? OIG Reiterates Concerns about Providing Free Items or Services to Federal Healthcare Program Beneficiaries

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On October 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-08, in which it refused to approve a proposal by a manufacturer and distributor of hearing...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Medical Flights for Patient Access

On Thursday, February 23, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued its first Advisory Opinion (“AO”) of the new year – OIG AO No. 23-01 – permitting a drug...more

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OIG Decides Not to Impose Sanctions on Medical-Equipment Manufacturer in Financial Arrangement

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) Advisory Opinion 22-13 Issued: June 23, 2022 This opinion addresses a durable medical equipment (“DME”) manufacturer’s arrangements with...more

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OIG Approves DME Manufacturer Loan Program in Latest Advisory Opinion

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On June 23, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Advisory Opinion 22-13, approving an arrangement under which a durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturer...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January - April 2022 Recap

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This special inaugural issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights noticeable enforcement activity, OIG regulatory developments, CMS regulatory developments and other key developments for healthcare...more

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OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Approving Biopharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Sponsorship of Free Genetic Testing and Counseling

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a favorable determination, Advisory Opinion 22-06, on behalf of a biopharmaceutical company (the Requestor) regarding the...more

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OIG green lights drug manufacturer-sponsored genetic testing program

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On April 11, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion No. 22-06, concluding that a pharmaceutical manufacturer’s sponsored genetic testing and...more

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Court Sides with Drug Manufacturers in Ongoing 340B Litigation

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Over the last year, covered entities participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program) have anxiously monitored a flurry of litigation that could determine the scope of the 340B Program. The litigation and related...more

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Contract Pharmacies and the 340B Drug Discount Program: New Litigation and an Advisory Opinion Point to Ongoing Skirmishes on the...

On December 11, 2020, five hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association (“AHA”), and an organization of hospital pharmacists representing participants in the 340B drug pricing program (“340B Program”), filed a...more

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HHS Advisory Opinion Rejects Drug Manufacturers’ Attempts to Limit Contract Pharmacy Use by 340B Covered Entities

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On December 30, 2020, the HHS Office of General Counsel (OGC) issued Advisory Opinion No. 20-06 finding the 340B Federal Drug Pricing Program requires drug manufacturers to extend 340B pricing to covered outpatient drugs...more

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The 340B Contract Pharmacy Saga Continues

Donald Trump extended two directives restricting the admission of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants to the U.S. Specifically, Presidential Proclamation (PP) 10014 restricting the admission of first-time immigrants and PP...more

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HHS Confirms Providers’ Right to 340B Discount Pricing for Contract Pharmacies

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As a holiday gift to providers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel recently issued a strongly worded Advisory Opinion indicating that federal law requires drug manufacturers to deliver...more

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OIG denies proposed manufacturer-sponsored copay support program for Medicare beneficiaries

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On September 23, the HHS OIG published Advisory Opinion No. 20-05, advising that OIG found “highly suspect” a manufacturer’s proposal to create a copay subsidy program to help certain financially eligible Medicare...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion Approves Surgical Device Warranty Program Intended to Reduce Readmissions

On September 17, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services published a favorable Advisory Opinion allowing a manufacturer of surgical devices and wound care products to offer a...more

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Healthcare Law Update: May 2018

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Provision of Samples by a Device Distributor - On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a...more

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OIG Rescinds Advisory Opinion

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the OIG), on November 28, 2017, issued a Rescission Letter terminating Advisory Opinion Number 06-04 (Advisory Opinion 06-04). In Advisory Opinion...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion 17-03 Approves Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Product Spoilage/Replacement Program

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A pharmaceutical manufacturer proposing to offer customers – at no additional cost – replacements for certain spoiled products that can no longer be administered to patients (Replacement Program) has been granted approval by...more

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