News & Analysis as of

Anti-Kickback Statute › Public Health

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 -
Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care

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

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Health Care on

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

King & Spalding

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

King & Spalding on

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

Lathrop GPM

The Public Health Emergency Is Finally (Almost) Over: What Does That Mean for Stark Law and Anti-kickback Statute Compliance?

Lathrop GPM on

The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023, which is less than three months away. In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...more

King & Spalding

Healthcare Management Services Organizations Get The Green Light In California

King & Spalding on

Healthcare management services organizations (MSO), also known as a medical management company, have become critical to managing healthcare operations. The structure of the MSO and the MSO ownership, however, carry risk and...more

King & Spalding

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

King & Spalding on

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Protections Against Liability for Businesses Combatting COVID-19

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on

- Federal emergency authorities targeting COVID-19 provide important protections to businesses for certain actions in connection with the national response to the public health crisis. - The protections include immunity...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

DOJ Is Already Making Good on AG Barr’s Instruction to Detect, Deter, and Punish Wrongdoing Related to Coronavirus

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on

On March 16th, Attorney General William Barr issued a memorandum to all United States Attorneys directing each U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) to “prioritize the detection, investigation, and prosecution of all criminal conduct...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

How to Address Beneficiary Inducement Questions During COVID-19

McDermott Will & Schulte on

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

Troutman Pepper Locke

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

Troutman Pepper Locke on

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

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Tele-Tuesday: Congress’s Coronavirus Bill Includes Major Telehealth Changes

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan on

As part of emergency funding to combat the threat of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), last week Congress waived many of the telehealth restrictions for Medicare services in certain situations. This monumental change...more

Nossaman LLP

Congress Quietly Expands Anti-Kickback Crimes

Nossaman LLP on

In late October 2018, Congress passed the lengthy-named Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act – the “SUPPORT” Act. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

The Opioid Epidemic: Medicaid Reimbursement and Other Funding Opportunities

K&L Gates LLP on

In the fourth episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Ruth Granfors and Tracy Lawless discuss how opioid treatment is reimbursed under Medicaid and other public programs...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide