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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
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
On August 7, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-09, providing significant guidance for physician-owned medical device companies (PODs)....more
It has been a busy summer for telehealth updates. Following is a high-level summary of the latest developments. On June 6, 2025, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “OIG”)...more
On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more
On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory opinion concerning a proposed telehealth staffing and services arrangement involving a management...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-08 (Opinion) on July 7, 2025, highlighting the limitations of the often-leveraged Personal Services and...more
On June 6, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the “Opinion”), offering guidance for structuring telehealth collaborations in a manner that complies with the federal Anti-Kickback...more
On June 6, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03, providing important guidance for telehealth organizations and management services organizations...more
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
On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the Advisory Opinion), in which OIG approved of a proposed arrangement under which a management...more
Key Takeaways - The First Circuit ruled in United States v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that the government must prove but-for causation to establish False Claims Act (FCA) liability based on violations of the...more
According to a federal district judge in Mississippi, a cancer center’s investors bought themselves a lawsuit because of a conscious decision not to structure the ownership arrangement in compliance with a safe harbor. A...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion No. 24-04, which primarily addressed a Refund Program offered by a U.S. pharmaceutical company affiliate....more
The Office of Inspector General recently announced the more than $5.5 million settlement of a qui tam action brought against Admera Health, LLC (Admera). In addition to the fine incurred, the legal fees typically incurred for...more
South Carolina ASCs Have a Number of Changing Regulatory Requirements Pending – Stakeholders Should Take Notice - In May of 2023, the South Carolina General Assembly unanimously passed S. 164 and the Governor signed the...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision with significant implications for healthcare companies and providers facing allegations of violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), 42 U.S.C. §...more
All healthcare providers and other businesses in the healthcare industry need to comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The AKS imposes criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations, and even inadvertent...more
Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 40, No. 12 - Successful negotiation of physician employment agreements requires a careful balance of the objectives of the prospective employer with those of the...more
The Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) recently issued Advisory Opinion 23-08 in which it concluded that a proposed arrangement involving a supplier’s durable medical equipment,...more
Earlier this month, OIG issued Advisory Opinion 23-07, a favorable opinion regarding an employer’s proposal to pay bonuses to its employed physicians based on net profits derived from certain procedures performed by the...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
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
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a new M&A Safe Harbor Policy to encourage greater corporate compliance and more robust due diligence by promoting the voluntary disclosure of criminal misconduct uncovered in...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