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Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are experiencing significant shifts in regulation, reimbursement, and operational practices. These changes are driven by evolving healthcare policies, technological advancements, and the...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for November 2023. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the new General...more
On October 20, 2023, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued an unfavorable Advisory Opinion No. 23-08 to a supplier of cochlear implants coupled with external sound...more
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
On Oct. 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-07 approving a multispecialty physician practice’s proposal to pay bonuses to each of its...more
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Oct. 13, 2023, posted Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 detailing a favorable response to a proposal by a Requestor to pay bonuses to its...more
Late last week, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) posted Advisory Opinion No. 23-07 affirming the broad protection available for compensation to employed physicians under the...more
On August 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-05, finding that an entity’s proposal to facilitate referring surgeons’ ownership of turnkey...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently evaluated the risks associated with certain intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services arrangements in its release of...more
On August 18, the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 23-05 in which it concluded that a proposed arrangement involving the formation of a company...more
Nearly 25 years ago, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created a regulatory safe harbor to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) for physician investment in...more
On April 25, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion regarding a medical device company (Company) in which physicians who order the...more
In a recent advisory opinion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded that certain investments by a health system, manager and physicians in an ambulatory surgery center...more
On November 2, 2016 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. Although the impact of the Final Rule on nephrology reimbursement is projected to be...more