Joan Polacheck
McDermott Will & Emery
Articles
CMS Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion, Clarifying the “Single Legal Entity” Requirement
USA - July 30 2021 In June 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a favorable Advisory Opinion (AO), indicating that a physician practice…
HHS Finalizes Sweeping Changes to Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations
USA - November 24 2020 On November 20, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final rules amending the regulations to the physician…
Nicholas Francis Alarif, James A. Cannatti III, Tony Maida, Monica Wallace
Special Fraud Alert: OIG Raises Concerns with Speaker Programs
USA - November 17 2020 In its November 16, 2020, Special Fraud Alert, the HHS Office of Inspector General drew attention to potential fraud and abuse risks of speaker…
Nicholas Francis Alarif, James A. Cannatti III, Tony Maida, Vernessa T. Pollard, Monica Wallace
CMS Issues Nationwide Blanket Waivers of Stark Law
USA - April 1 2020 On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a series of nationwide Section 1135 waivers applicable to the…
Nicholas Francis Alarif, Tony Maida, Caroline Reigart, Monica Wallace
Untangling VBEs, ACOs and CINs: What to Know about CMS and OIG’s Proposed Regulations
USA - December 9 2019 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General recently released notices of proposed rulemaking relating to the…
