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OIG Approves Proposal that Expands Patient Access to Covered Telehealth Services

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On June 11, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03, approving a proposal by a management services organization (MSO) and its friendly PC...more

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What to Expect, Part III: Modified AKS Safe Harbor for Personal Services & Management Contracts

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The Office of Inspector General’s (“OIG”) new Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) regulations modify the safe harbor for personal services and management contracts (42 CFR § 1001.952(d)) in a manner that allows providers...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Stark Law Updates Aimed at Advancing the Transition to Value-Based Care: CMS Issues a Final Rule Creating New Exceptions for...

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On December 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published in the Federal Register companion final...more

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OIG Issues a Final Rule Designed to Advance the Transition to Value-Based Care and Modernize the Regulatory Framework

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On December 2, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published in the Federal Register long-awaited, companion...more

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CMS and OIG Release Stark and AKS Final Rules to Support Reforms for Coordinated, Value-Based Care

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On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released their highly-anticipated final rules to modernize and...more

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Major Changes Finalized to Stark Rules, Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors and the Beneficiary Inducements CMP

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CMS and OIG released highly anticipated final changes to the rules implementing the Stark Law, the safe harbors issued under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the beneficiary inducements provision in the civil monetary...more

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Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the...

On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify”...more

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Stark and AKS Rules Cross the Finish Line of HHS Regulatory Sprint

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With a bold finish, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) crossed the finish line of its race to modernize and clarify the regulations interpreting the federal physician self-referral law (Stark) and anti-kickback...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

OIG Finalizes Revisions to Safe Harbor Protection for Drug Rebates and Establishes New Safe Harbors for Point-of-Sale Price...

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On November 20, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a final rule as part of ongoing administration drug pricing reform efforts and in conjunction with the...more

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Healthcare Blog Series: “Safe Harbor” Exceptions, Common Infractions, and Legislative Updates to the Anti-Kickback Statute and...

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This is the second installment in a blog series examining the regulatory environment and key concerns for persons or businesses operating in the healthcare industry. The first installment of this series introduced the...more

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CMS Announces One-Year Delay in Finalizing Highly Anticipated Stark Law Reform

On Wednesday, August 26th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice extending the deadline to finalize significant proposed changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the Stark...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Proposes Rule to Pave the Way for Value-Based Drug Purchasing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken another step to further the adoption of value-based purchasing within the health care industry. (Readers may recall the Department of Health & Human Services’ two...more

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OIG Releases Policy Statement Extending HHS Blanket Waiver Protection to Certain Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violations During...

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On April 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a policy statement of enforcement discretion (the “Policy Statement”) regarding sanctions under the Federal...more

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Newly Proposed AKS and Stark Law Protections For Value-Based Care Models

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The Situation: The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care Initiative in order to revise regulations associated with the anti-kickback statute, Stark Law, HIPAA, and 42...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

It Is Not Illegal to Pay Physicians More Than They Generate

While we are waiting for final disposition of the AKS Safe Harbors and Stark Exceptions proposed in October of 2019, since the comment period expired December 31, 2019 and final rules have not been issued, I thought we should...more

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Proposed Revisions to Stark Law and AKS Protections for Electronic Health Records Donations

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The Situation: Though not universal, Electronic Health Records ("EHR") technology adoption is now widespread in the health care industry. And, while an existing safe harbor under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS") and...more

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OIG Proposes Modifications to Personal Services Safe Harbor Under the AKS

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The Situation: The Office of Inspector General ("OIG") proposes modifications to the personal services and management contracts safe harbor of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"). These modifications expand shelter to...more

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Newly Proposed Protections for Cybersecurity Technology Under the AKS and Stark Law

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The Situation: Despite the ongoing evolution of cybersecurity technology and services, patients' health information and other confidential data remain vulnerable to cyberattacks because such technology and services are often...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 6: Proposed Changes to the AKS Related to Beneficiary Inducement

As reported previously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published two proposed rules that seek to implement wholesale changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

BakerHostetler

The Race to Modernize Stark and the AKS: Unpacking the Value-based Proposals in HHS Regulatory Sprint Rulemaking

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) made great strides in its race to modernize and clarify the regulations interpreting the federal physician self-referral law (Stark), Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more

K&L Gates LLP

A Giant Leap Forward in Value-Based Innovation or an Avalanche of New Administrative Requirements? An Analysis of the Value-Based...

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As part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” the following two proposed rules were issued on October 17, 2019, that, if finalized, will markedly change the...more

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Special Report - Untangling VBEs, ACOs and CINs - What to Know about CMS and OIG's Proposed Regulations - December 2019

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General recently released notices of proposed rulemaking relating to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. We break down the new proposed...more

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Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Proposed Rules Would Facilitate Donations of EHR and Cybersecurity Technology and Services

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On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published proposed rules in the Federal Register that would amend existing and create new exceptions to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) and safe...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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OIG proposes changes to existing Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors

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On October 9, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released proposed changes interpreting the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and its regulatory safe harbors, including changes to several existing safe harbors. ...more

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