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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... more +
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 -
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OIG Approves Multi-MSO Telehealth Arrangement That Meets AKS Safe Harbor

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On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory opinion concerning a proposed telehealth staffing and services arrangement involving a management...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion on Physician-Telehealth Arrangement

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On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03 (Opinion), which provided favorable guidance for physician practices seeking to contract with...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | April 2025 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2025 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 28th Annual Compliance Institute - April 14th - 17th, Nashville, TN

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Get ready to be inspired with game-changing insights and industry connections! For over two and a half decades, healthcare compliance professionals have gathered at HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) to share ideas, learn...more

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[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

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Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2023 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - January 27th, Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Looking for compliance education and networking in your area? HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance education, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Virtual Conference] Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference - December 15th - 16th, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm CST

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Please join us for the 8th Annual Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference hosted by Bass, Berry & Sims and the Tennessee Hospital Association. Eligible for more than seven hours of CLE credit (including ethics), this...more

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OIG Special Fraud Alert: Seven Suspect Characteristics of Fraudulent Telemedicine Arrangements

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It is no surprise that the use of telemedicine as a means of providing patients with access to medical care has increased significantly in recent years. Likewise, the number of telemedicine companies offering a broad range of...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | September 2022 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity between August 21 and September 20, 2022, including a guilty plea from a telemedicine physician who wrote prescriptions for...more

Cozen O'Connor

Sham Transactions in Digital Health Industry

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In its recently published Special Fraud Alert, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) presented a list of suspect characteristics related to arrangements with telehealth and telemedicine companies, which may help determine...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

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Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

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HIGH ALERT FOR TELEHEALTH – PART TWO: A Highlight Reel of Recent OIG Enforcement Actions and Outcomes

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As we shared in Part One on this topic [link], in late July of this year the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert regarding “Telemedicine Companies” that...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 26th Annual Compliance Institute - March 28th - 31st, Phoenix, AZ

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The primary educational and networking event for healthcare compliance professionals - As our flagship healthcare compliance conference, HCCA’s Compliance Institute (CI) has been providing educational resources and...more

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[Webinar] First Annual Health Law Virtual Summit - November 4th - 5th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET

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From new fraud and abuse rules, to telehealth and tax legislation to health care privacy and private equity in the healthcare space, a lot has changed in health law over the past year. Please join us for a two-day virtual...more

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[Event] Denver Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - October 15th, Denver, CO

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Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 25th Annual Compliance Institute - April 19th - 22nd, 9:30 am - 4:35 pm CDT

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The Compliance Institute is celebrating 25 years! Join us for the Compliance Institute's 25th anniversary, April 19-22, 2021. This year, HCCA is excited to celebrate over two decades of compliance excellence with our...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - St. Louis, MO - February 26th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CST

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Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] 2021 Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Dallas, TX - February 12th, 8:25 am - 4:30 pm CST

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Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

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The Regulatory Sprint is Over – What’s at the Finish Line Under the New Stark and AKS Final Rules?

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) completed its “Regulatory Sprint” by finalizing changes to regulations pertaining to two federal fraud and abuse laws. On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &...more

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[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference - Nashville, TN - November 13th, 8:10 am - 5:00 pm CST

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Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Post-Pandemic Legal Issues for Hospitals and Other Health Care Organizations - May 15th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST

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While hospitals and other health care organizations continue to focus on the challenges of treating COVID-19 patients and complying with newly-issued state government reopening orders, now is the time to begin planning for a...more

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New Safe Harbors In A Storm of Risk and Regulations: A Review of the OIG’s Proposed Changes to the Federal Anti-Kickback Laws

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In an effort to modernize and clarify a statute that looms large in the minds of health care providers across the nation, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently...more

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Sprinting to Coordinated Care: Healthcare Industry Urges Stark Law Relief as OIG Solicits Feedback on Changes to the Anti-Kickback...

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August 24, 2018 marked a busy day for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) self-designated "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care," an initiative aimed at dismantling the regulatory barriers to providers...more

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