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Stevens & Lee

Watching Your Back: Protections for Physicians in MSO Transactions

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Management Services Organizations (MSOs) have established themselves as a commonplace structure in health care transactions, promising to streamline administrative functions in medical practices, such as billing, human...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Potential Implications to the ACA Under the Incoming Republican Administration – Part II: Physicians

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In contemplating the ways in which physicians may be affected by the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—and certain features of any legislation that may replace it—a good place to start is with the person...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Huge Stark Law Hospital Settlements and Physician Culpability - The New Normal Post-Tuomey?

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After the federal government’s victory against Tuomey Hospital, we have seen an increasing number of large False Claims Act (FCA) settlements with hospitals involving Stark Law allegations. Relators are even citing, as...more

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Broward Health Wins Most-Illegal-Physician-Comp

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Okay, there’s not really a Most-Illegal-Physician-Compensation Prize. But if there were, Florida’s North Broward Hospital District would have won in a walk. That’s why the district has agreed to pay the government $69.5...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Telehealth Top 10 for 2015

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Telehealth continues to be an innovative alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar medicine. The number of providers offering telehealth services is rapidly increasing and states are enacting laws requiring health plans to...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Proposed Changes to Stark Rule Would Create New Hospital Exceptions and Lessen Burden of Self-Disclosures

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In a development that is limited in scope but still welcomed by hospitals, the proposed 2016 Physician Fee Schedule proposes a number of new exceptions to the physician self-referral or Stark law and other refinements that...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Proposes Stark Law Amendments, Requests Comments on Whether Stark Law Is Barrier to Health Care Reform

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On July 8, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations implementing and interpreting the Stark Law (the Proposed Rule). 80 Fed. Reg. 41,686,...more

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Recent DOJ and OIG Actions Show Growing Federal Scrutiny of Physician Financial Arrangements

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Over the last month the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have each taken actions that suggest an increasing appetite to examine the financial...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Increased OIG Scrutiny on Medical Directorships

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On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Fraud Alert entitled, "Physician Compensation Arrangements May Result in Significant Liability." The Alert is an...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

OIG Fraud Alert: Physicians in the Cross Hairs

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On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Fraud Alert focused on physician relationships. The Alert cautions physicians who enter into compensation arrangements...more

Cozen O'Connor

Not Much New … But a Good Reminder for Medical Director Relationships

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After a significant number of settlement agreements between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), OIG decided to release a Fraud Alert reminding physicians, practices and...more

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HHS Issues Fraud Alert on Medical Directorship Relationships - Hospitals and Physicians Need to Review Agreements to Prevent a...

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On June 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a Fraud Alert regarding recent settlements with 12 individual physicians who were party to questionable medical...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Physician Directorships the Focus of New Fraud Alert

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On June 9, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a one-page fraud alert entitled, "Physician Compensation Arrangements May Result in Significant Liability." This is the...more

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