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McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 24 Jul 2023
Reforms to the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act: A Closer Look at the Impact of SB 768
Florida Senate Bill 768 (SB 768) amends the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992 (PSRA), which regulates referrals from healthcare providers…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 2 Jun 2023
CMS Adds Stark Waiver for Independent Free-Standing Emergency Department Physician Owners
On April 27, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) added a new blanket waiver to the nationwide Section 1135 waivers applicable…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 25 May 2023
Congress Adds AKS and Stark Law Exceptions for Certain Wellness Programs
As a part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (CAA), Congress passed new exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and the…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 11 Apr 2023
Medicare Providers Take Note: Stark Law-Related Changes from CMS
In the last few months, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made several noteworthy changes and provided a material…
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…
