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The Anti-Kickback Statute is a United States federal criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or the promise to exchange) of anything of value for referrals of federal healthcare program business. The statute aims to prevent situations where government officials channel federal healthcare dollars towards particular providers, who have offered or given the official a personal benefit. Penalties for violation of the Anti-Kickback statute apply to both sides of a prohibited transaction and can include jail time and steep monetary fines. less -

OIG Advisory Opinion 25-02 Integrates Community Health Center Social Support Services with Primary Care Referral Programs

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care on 5/20/2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General ("OIG") issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-02 ("Opinion") on April 4, 2025, regarding a Health Center proposal to link social support services to...more

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Permitting a Community Health Center to Refer Primary Care Services During Provision of...

King & Spalding on 4/30/2025

On April 9, 2025, OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 25-02, a favorable advisory opinion allowing a community health center operating under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (the Requestor) to ask individuals, to whom...more

HHS OIG Permits Labs to Offer Free COVID-19 Antibody Tests and Oncology Practices to Offer Free Lodging in Certain Circumstances

King & Spalding on 8/26/2020

OIG has updated its FAQs regarding the application of its administrative enforcement authorities to arrangements directly connected with COVID-19 with the addition of two new FAQs. On August 4, 2020, the OIG issued an FAQ...more

How to Address Beneficiary Inducement Questions During COVID-19

McDermott Will & Schulte on 3/23/2020

In the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare providers and suppliers will need to make decisions on how to ensure compliance with existing federal fraud and abuse laws while taking swift action to avoid...more

Telehealth Coverage Expansions And Enforcement Waivers During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/20/2020

On March 6, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act). The Act includes a provision allowing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...more

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