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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
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
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
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
Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...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
On April 20, 2022, OIG issued an advisory opinion regarding an arrangement involving a family of physicians having an ownership interest in a medical device company that manufactures products that the physicians also order. ...more
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) announced its revised Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals (2022 Code) on March 18, 2022. Notable updates to the 2022 Code provide guidance on...more
On March 18, 2022, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (“AdvaMed”) announced revisions to its Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals (“Code”). The revised Code will take effect June 1, 2022. ...more
By now you are likely aware of the new safe harbor provisions of the federal anti-kickback statute (AKS), which the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) finalized as of January 19, 2021. Among other changes to the AKS...more
Recent updates to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute give providers additional flexibility to enter into innovative arrangements, but before doing so, providers must ensure they understand the safe harbor requirements...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General updated the warranty safe harbor to account for bundled product and service warranties to reflect realities of healthcare product sales, but rejects...more
Providers have a new tool in their toolbox to promote population health. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has adopted a new, extremely broad safe harbor that allows certain providers to give...more
On Friday of last week, HHS published two long-awaited final rules implementing significant changes to the regulations under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The two final rules are: (i) Revisions to the Safe...more
On November 20, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final rules amending the regulations to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) (Stark Rule) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
Regulation - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Addressing Eligible Managed Care Organizations' Safe Harbor - On Oct. 11, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
On October 30, 2018, Skadden hosted its Eighth Annual Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Enforcement and Litigation Seminar in New York City, which focused on U.S. enforcement issues faced by companies throughout the industry....more
In Advisory Opinion 18-10, issued September 10, 2018, the OIG permitted a manufacturer of surgical devices and wound care products to implement a warranty program under which the manufacturer's hospital customers could...more
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-10 (Opinion) in response to a proposal by a surgical device and wound care product manufacturer...more
On September 17, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-10 regarding a proposed arrangement in which a surgical device and wound care product manufacturer (“Manufacturer”) will offer its...more
As the healthcare industry moves towards value-based purchasing, pay-for-performance, and other payment reform models, industry leaders have identified federal fraud and abuse laws as a barrier to full implementation of such...more
Yesterday, the OIG issued a favorable advisory opinion regarding an ophthalmologic manufacturer’s (the “Requestor”) tiered rebate program (the “Proposed Arrangement”)....more
In the April 10 Federal Register, two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules that many healthcare providers have been anxiously awaiting affecting donations of electronic...more