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Application of Safe Harbor Exceptions to the Anti-kickback Statute

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On August 7, 2025, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion 25-09 (“Advisory Opinion”) providing a favorable opinion regarding remuneration to physicians with an ownership interest in a medical...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Offering Equity to Physicians in an MSO/PC Structure: Key Fraud and Abuse Compliance Considerations

Executive Summary - - Offering equity in MSOs to physicians can be permissible but must be structured to comply with both federal and state laws. Failure to comply with applicable fraud and abuse laws may result in civil...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Physician Practice Private Equity Transactions – A Refresher

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All indications appear to point toward a robust market for health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the coming year. Inflation — finally — appears to be easing. With that, we may continue to see interest rate cuts from...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

How Certificate of Need Reform Is Impacting Ambulatory Surgery Centers and What it Means for Your Business

Recent Certificate of Need (CON) reform will likely lead to increased activity in ambulatory surgery center (ASC) transactions and expansion. As we covered in a Parker Poe webinar this week, North Carolina, South Carolina,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

How to Wear the Investor Hat When Physicians Are the Revenue Generators

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Engaging in management and investor conversations about maintaining and growing a business is critical, no matter the industry. Whether you’re discussing normal business sustainability, organic growth, or contemplating a...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OIG Offers Guidance for ASCs When Physician-Investors Fail the One-Third Income Test

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

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Modern Vascular is the Latest Defendant in a Growing Trend of Qui Tam Relator Cases against Office-based Lab Companies

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Earlier this month a federal judge unsealed a federal qui tam relator complaint originally filed in January 2020 by Dr. Jay Radhakrishnan and Dr. William Julien against Arizona-based Modern Vascular and certain of its...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Investing In or Opening an Ambulatory Surgery Center? Beware of State & Federal Regulations

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Investment in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is soaring. Physicians, hospitals, and health systems are attracted by the high margins, significant growth potential, payer influence, and efficient patient care. Beyond...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

[Webinar] Lunch & Learn Series: Investing in ASCs: Compliance with the AKS and Extension of Practice Doctrine - December 9th,...

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This lunch and learn will explore the requirements under the Federal Anti-kickback Statute for investing in multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. It will introduce the extension of practice doctrine as it relates to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Hospital, Doctors Pay $3M to Settle CMPL Case Over Cath Lab Lease

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 4 (February 1, 2021) - Saint Peter’s University Hospital and New Brunswick Cardiac Cath Lab LLC in New Jersey have agreed to pay $3.04 million to settle a civil monetary penalty case...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act Risk to Private Equity Healthcare Investors

As many healthcare practitioners and attorneys can attest, private equity investment has become an increasingly prevalent feature of the healthcare industry. From blockbuster deals like KKR’s purchase of Envision Healthcare...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] 2019 Q4 Healthcare Enforcement Roundup - February 5th, 2:30 pm ET

The final quarter of 2019 brought forward new guidance and proposed rules with major implications for healthcare companies, enforcement developments in healthcare private equity investing and opioid litigation matters, among...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Believing in Conceiving: Private Equity’s Rebirth in the Fertility Sector

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Following the launch of several platforms in recent years, it seems that private equity’s interest in the fertility space is trending up again. Investment in this sector brings some unique issues that potential investors...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act: A Critical Analysis of an Altered Landscape for Financial Relationships with Clinical...

I. Introduction - The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (the “SUPPORT Act”), passed at the end of October 2018, seeks to prohibit...more

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Orthopedic Surgical Practice Recapitalizations: Six Relevant Considerations

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The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more

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Orthopedics: The New Darling of Private Equity

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The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of private equity investment in physician practice recapitalizations, primarily in hospital-based practices such as anesthesiology and radiology as well as “retail medicine...more

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