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Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 9 Dec 2021
Recent Settlement Illustrates Enforcement Risks Associated With Physician Roll-Ups
On December 2, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release announcing that Flower Mound Hospital Partners (“Flower Mound”), a…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 4 Feb 2021
White Paper: Value-Based Safe Harbors and Exceptions to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law
On 2 December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) issued two Final Rules in conjunction with its “Regulatory Sprint to…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 1 Dec 2020
HHS Regulatory Sprint takes final shape: Part 1: Substantial Stark Law regulatory revisions adopted
Along with proposed Stark Law exceptions designed to accommodate value-based care models, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or the…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 1 Dec 2020
HHS Regulatory Sprint takes final shape, Part 2: AKS, Stark regulatory revisions for value-based care
Following on last October’s publication of two proposed rules, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published on November 20 two final…
Bass Berry & Sims PLC | USA | 15 Jul 2020
Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Kickback Case
On June 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) suit alleging…
Thompson Hine LLP | USA | 3 Apr 2020
CMS Issues Blanket Waivers of the Stark Law During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued blanket waivers of the Stark Law during the COVID-19 public health emergency…
Ropes & Gray LLP | USA | 2 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Stark Law Waiver
On March 30—but retroactive to March 1—the Secretary of HHS issued a partial waiver of elements of the Stark Law. The waiver is subject…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 1 Apr 2020
CMS Waives Stark Law Limits to Hospital-Physician Arrangements During COVID-19 Pandemic
On March 30, 2020, CMS opened the way for hospitals to provide additional compensation and/or support to referring physicians during the COVID-19…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 31 Mar 2020
CMS Expands Blanket Waivers to Help Hospitals and Other Providers
On March 30, 2020, CMS issued numerous additional blanket waivers to give providers greater flexibility in responding to COVID-19. (See https://www…
Bass Berry & Sims PLC | USA | 13 Feb 2020
Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review
Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. Governmental personnel and policy changes along…
