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Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

OIG Advisory Opinion 25-03: Navigating Anti-Kickback Rules and Safe Harbors in Telehealth Contractual Arrangements

On June 6, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the “Opinion”), offering guidance for structuring telehealth collaborations in a manner that complies with the federal Anti-Kickback...more

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Telehealth Staffing and Administrative Services Gain Favorable Advisory Opinion From OIG

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On June 6, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03, providing important guidance for telehealth organizations and management services organizations...more

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OIG Approves Proposal that Expands Patient Access to Covered Telehealth Services

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On June 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03, approving a proposal by a management services organization (MSO) and its friendly PC...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Opinion Concerning Bonus Payments to Employed Physicians

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently considered the question whether an employed physician can be paid bonus compensation relating to procedures performed by the...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

OIG Publishes Favorable Advisory Opinion Related to the Employment Safe Harbor

In an advisory opinion posted November 10, 2021 (AO 21-15), the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) appeared to soften a disturbing position that it had taken in...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

New OIG Guidance Permits Federally Qualified Health Centers to Offer Remote Patient Monitoring, Big-Box Store Gift Cards, and...

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) deliver care to some of the nation's most vulnerable individuals and families, including federal Medicare and Medicaid health care program beneficiaries. As safety net providers,...more

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A Massive Number of New Health Law Regulatory Proposals as Part of the “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care”: Proposed Changes...

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) each released their long-anticipated proposed rules to revise the federal...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion 19-04: OIG Approves Health Care Directory's Per-Click Fee Structure

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In Advisory Opinion 19-04, published September 10, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) approved an online health care directory operated on a per-click or per-booking fee arrangement. The proposed directory will be...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion 18-11 Offers Rare Insight to Safe Harbor for Price Reductions Offered to Eligible Managed Care Organizations

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed in Advisory Opinion No. 18-11 that the safe harbor for Price Reductions Offered to Managed Care Organizations applies to "any remuneration," not just price reductions or...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIG Says Proposed MCO Incentive Program Protected by AKS Safe Harbor

In its favorable Advisory Opinion 18-11, the OIG explains how a managed care organization’s proposed incentive program to pay network providers to increase the amount of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment...more

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Some Helpful Managed Care Guidance Provided in Advisory Opinion 18-11

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Practitioners in the Medicare or Medicaid managed care space place heavy reliance on the protection of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) Safe Harbor found at 42 C.F.R. § 1001.952(t), generally known as the “EMCO [eligible...more

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Payment by MCOs to Encourage Preventive Screenings Not a Kickback

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On October 11, 2018, the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") for the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued an advisory opinion clarifying that an arrangement between a managed care organization and its...more

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How Broad is the Managed Care Safe Harbor?

In Advisory Opinion No. 18-11, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (the “OIG”) addressed a Medicaid managed care organization’s (“MCO”) proposal to pay its contracted providers and...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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Healthcare Law Update: March 2017

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Allowing Free or Reduced-Cost Lodging and Meals - On March 3, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued...more

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