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CMS Finalizes Changes to Stark Law Regulations: Indirect Compensation Arrangement and Unit-Based Compensation Further Defined | JD Supra

Nov 05, 2021 |

By Samantha Groden, Christopher Janney, Margo Smith

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In a December 2, 2020 rulemaking (2020 Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a set of sweeping and significant revisions to the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral statute (Stark Law).

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CMS proposes further changes to Stark Law regulations: ICA definition and unit-based compensation could be drastically affected | JD Supra

Jul 22, 2021 |

By Samantha Groden, Christopher Janney, Margo Smith

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In a December 2, 2020 rulemaking (2020 Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the most sweeping and significant revisions in over a decade to the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral statute (Stark Law). The bulk of the new regulations took effect earlier this year on January 19, 2021. CMS is now proposing an additional set of modifications to the Stark Law regulations (Proposed Rule).

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CMS proposes further changes to Stark Law regulations: ICA definition and unit-based compensation affected | JD Supra

Jul 21, 2021 |

By Samantha Groden, Christopher Janney, Margo Smith

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In a December 2, 2020 rulemaking (2020 Final Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the most sweeping and significant revisions in over a decade to the regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral statute (Stark Law). The bulk of the new regulations took effect earlier this year on January 19, 2021. CMS is now proposing an additional set of modifications to the Stark Law regulations (Proposed Rule).

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HHS-OIG issues new special fraud alert on speaker programs | JD Supra

Nov 18, 2020 |

By Sean Cenawood, Samantha Groden, Christopher Janney

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On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) published a new Special Fraud Alert on speaker programs sponsored by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. This marks the first Special Fraud Alert issued by the agency in over six years.

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CMS proposed rules would extend certain telehealth flexibilities and expansions beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency | JD Supra

Aug 07, 2020 |

By Allison M. Cohen, Christopher Janney, Talia Linneman

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CY 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule On August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (PFS Proposed Rule).

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Seventh Circuit Decision May Portend Broader Definition of “Referral” Under Anti-Kickback Statute | JD Supra

May 22, 2020 |

By Samantha Groden, Christopher Janney, Sean Cenawood

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On April 29, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion in Stop Illinois Health Care Fraud, LLC v. Sayeed reaffirming the court’s broad interpretation of the term “referral” under the federal health care program anti-kickback statute (Anti-Kickback Statute or AKS) as encompassing more than the explicit sending or directing of a patient to a provider.

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