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Provider Alert: ‘Voluntary' Attestations To Provider-Based Status Are No Longer Voluntary For Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP are most popular: within Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-Structuring topic(s) The submission of an attestation to a hospital's and its off-campus outpatient department's compliance with Medicare's provider-based rules has long been voluntary under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' ("CMS'") provider-based regulations.
Provider Alert: 'Voluntary' Attestations to Provider-Based Status Are No Longer Voluntary for Off-Campus Hospital Outpatient Departments
The submission of an attestation to a hospital's and its off-campus outpatient department's compliance with Medicare's provider-based rules has long been voluntary under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' ("CMS'") provider-based...
Beware the Iron Rich Gravel: Implications for MRI Safety in Australia
Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Does the Seventh Amendment Limit State Administrative Adjudication?
At Global Investigations and Compliance Review, we’ve been keeping close tabs on the fallout from the Supreme Court decisions at the end of June. We mentioned in a previous post that the SEC v. Jarkesy opinion may have consequences beyond the specific situation of SEC civil penalties. As we think about this more, there could be further implications even for state enforcement programs. State agencies usually aren’t concerned with the Seventh Amendment, because it is assumed not to apply to states.
CMS Proposes to Amend Overpayment Rule-Questions Remain Regarding How the Rule Will be Implemented Should CMS Adopt the False Claims Act’s “Reckless Disregard or Deliberate Ignorance” Standard
On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) in which it outlined proposed amendments to the suspension provisions and deadlines for reporting and returning Medicare Part A and Part B overpayments, and stated that it is continuing its review and evaluation of previously proposed changes to existing overpayment regulations.
Increased Enforcement in Healthcare? DOJ to Add More Prosecutors
An official from the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced the DOJ’s plans to “substantially” add to its current roster of 75 prosecutors specializing in healthcare fraud.
Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability
On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway. See United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway. The Court’s ruling was narrow and avoided the more challenging—and common—issues raised during oral argument (which we blogged about previously).
Supreme Court Clarifies That Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge Of Falsity Of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act ("FCA") is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway. See United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway. The Court's ruling was narrow and avoided the more challenging—and common—issues raised during oral argument (which we previously discussed here).
Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability | JD Supra
On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway. See United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway. The Court’s ruling was narrow and avoided the more challenging—and common—issues raised during oral argument (which we previously discussed here).
Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway. See United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway. The Court’s ruling was narrow and avoided the more challenging—and common—issues raised during oral argument (which we previously discussed here).
Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
According to the White House, the end of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations is now barely two months away, as they are scheduled to end on May 11, 2023. These declarations provided the federal government with flexibility to waive or modify certain regulatory requirements applicable to the healthcare industry. Once the declarations end, so will the vast majority of these flexibilities and waivers.
Tracking the Waivers: Implications of the Wind Down of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
According to the White House, the end of the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (PHE) declarations is now barely two months away, as they are scheduled to end on May 11, 2023. These declarations provided the federal government with flexibility to waive or modify certain regulatory requirements applicable to the healthcare industry. Once the declarations end, so will the vast majority of these flexibilities and waivers.
CMS Streamlines Stark Law Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) | JD Supra
[co-author: Lotan Helfman*] Effective March 1st, certain providers choosing to self-disclose Stark Law violations must use forms updated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). Stark Law – Overview The Stark Law prohibits a physician from referring a Medicare beneficiary for designated health services to an entity with which the physician (or the physician’s immediate family member) has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn.
CMS Streamlines Stark Law Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP)
Effective March 1st, certain providers choosing to self-disclose Stark Law violations must use forms updated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). Stark Law – Overview The Stark Law prohibits a physician from referring a Medicare beneficiary for designated health services to an entity with which the physician (or the physician’s immediate family member) has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn.
CMS Streamlines Stark Law Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP)
Effective March 1st, certain providers choosing to self-disclose Stark Law violations must use forms updated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). Stark Law – Overview The Stark Law prohibits a physician from referring a Medicare beneficiary for designated health services to an entity with which the physician (or the physician’s immediate family member) has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn.
CMS Streamlines Stark Law Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP)
Effective March 1st, certain providers choosing to self-disclose Stark Law violations must use forms updated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”). Stark Law – Overview The Stark Law prohibits a physician from referring a Medicare beneficiary for designated health services to an entity with which the physician (or the physician’s immediate family member) has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn.
CMS Proposes to Amend Overpayment Rule, Remove Potential Overpayment and False Claims Act Liability for Mere Negligence
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a proposed rule which would amend the existing regulations for reporting and returning identified overpayments (the “Proposed Rule”).
CMS Proposes to Amend Overpayment Rule, Remove Potential Overpayment and False Claims Act Liability for Mere Negligence | JD Supra
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued a proposed rule which would amend the existing regulations for reporting and returning identified overpayments (the “Proposed Rule”).
Eighth Circuit: In False Claims Act Cases Based On Kickback Violations, The Kickback Violation Must Be The
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently tossed a $5.5 million jury verdict finding that a physician violated the False Claims Act ("FCA") by submitting claims for items and services ordered subsequent to a violation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute ("AKS"). According to the appellate court, the trial court's jury instruction "brushed aside causation" and "misinterpreted" a 2010 amendment to the AKS.
Eighth Circuit: In False Claims Act Cases Based On Kickback Violations, the Kickback Violation Must Be the “But For” Cause of the Items and Services Subject to the Claim | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP - JDSupra
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently tossed a $5.5 million jury verdict finding that a physician violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by submitting claims for items and services ordered subsequent to a violation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (“AKS”). According to the appellate court, the trial court’s jury instruction “brushed aside causation” and “misinterpreted” a 2010 amendment to the AKS.
Eighth Circuit: In False Claims Act Cases Based On Kickback Violations, the Kickback Violation Must Be the “But For” Cause of the Items and Services Subject to the Claim
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Eighth Circuit: In False Claims Act Cases Based On Kickback Violations, the Kickback Violation Must Be the “But For” Cause of the Items and Services Subject to the Claim
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently tossed a $5.5 million jury verdict finding that a physician violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by submitting claims for items and services ordered subsequent to a violation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (“AKS”). According to the appellate court, the trial court’s jury instruction “brushed aside causation” and “misinterpreted” a 2010 amendment to the AKS.
California District Court Finds that EKRA Applies to Compensation Methodologies for Labs’ Employed Marketers Who Market to Physicians | JD Supra
[co-author: Lotan Helfman]* Since its passage in late 2018, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) (18 U.S.C. § 220) has posed interpretive challenges. Our detailed critical analysis of EKRA is available here. EKRA prohibits, among other things, the exchange of remuneration for referrals of patients or patronage to a clinical laboratory, or an individual’s use of the services of a clinical laboratory.
California District Court Finds that EKRA Applies to Compensation Methodologies for Labs’ Employed Marketers Who Market to Physicians
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California District Court Finds that EKRA Applies to Compensation Methodologies for Labs’ Employed Marketers Who Market to Physicians
Since its passage in late 2018, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) (18 U.S.C. § 220) has posed interpretive challenges. Our detailed critical analysis of EKRA is available here. EKRA prohibits, among other things, the exchange of remuneration for referrals of patients or patronage to a clinical laboratory, or an individual’s use of the services of a clinical laboratory.
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown
Introduction Factors that increase individual and societal stress and inequities have been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns. These have been summarised and discussed by several authors worldwide1 2 and include (among others) isolation and reduced access to support systems, financial strain and parental depression.
Alert to Providers: Another Shot to Comply with Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements | JD Supra
As of April 11, 2022, the Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) is now offering providers who missed the original Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) reporting deadlines the opportunity to request the ability to report in compliance with the PRF Terms and Conditions. Request submissions for Reporting Period 1 are due by Friday, April 22, 2022. Providers who received one or more payments exceeding $10,000 from the PRF are required to comply with certain reporting requirements.
Alert To Providers: Another Shot To Comply With Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
United States: Alert To Providers: Another Shot To Comply With Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements 13 April 2022 by Michael Paddock and Theresa E.
Alert to Providers: Another Shot to Comply with Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements
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Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown
Rate and severity of radiological features of physical abuse in children during the first UK-wide COVID-19 enforced national lockdown Free http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3023-541XStavros Stivaros1,2, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4508-8803Michael Paddock3,4, Azita Rajai5,6, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5518-843XHelen Cliffe7, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0392-5135Daniel JA Connolly8, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-2546Robert A Dineen9,10, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9271-5104Rachel Dixon11, Harriet...
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Small Pharma Perpetrates Big Fraud: $50 Million in TRICARE Fraud
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Physician Group Practices Take Heed - January 1, 2022 Deadline Approaches for Compliance with CMS’ Recent Changes to Permissible “Group Practice” Compensation Methodologies | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP - JDSupra
Introduction CMS’ most recent Stark Law rulemaking includes important changes to the rules that allow physician practices to satisfy the definition of “Group Practice” while distributing designated health services (“DHS”) – based profit shares and productivity bonuses. 85 Fed. Reg. 77492 (Dec. 2, 2020) (the “Final Rule”).
D.C. Circuit Gives New Life to CMS Overpayment Rule | JD Supra
On August 13, 2021, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court opinion vacating CMS’ Overpayment Rule, 42 C.F.R. 422.326, for Medicare Advantage organizations (“MAOs”). UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. et al. v. Becerra et al., case number 18-5326.
CMS Proposes to Revise, Again, the Stark Law’s Definition of “Indirect Compensation Arrangement”: What Was Old is New Again | JD Supra
[co-author: Sheela Ranganathan*] On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Proposed Rule that proposes to amend certain regulations implementing the Physician Self-Referral Law, otherwise known as the “Stark Law”.
CMS Proposes to Revise, Again, the Stark Law’s Definition of “Indirect Compensation Arrangement”: What Was Old is New Again
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a Proposed Rule that proposes to amend certain regulations implementing the Physician Self-Referral Law, otherwise known as the “Stark Law”.
Site-Neutral Payments Stand: SCOTUS Declines to Hear AHA Appeal, Preserving Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments | JD Supra
[co-author: Sheela Ranganathan*] In July 2020, we discussed a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals upholding the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) site-neutral payment rules. On Monday, June 28, 2021, the Supreme Court declined, without comment, to hear an appeal from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other provider groups asking it to reverse this ruling.
Site-Neutral Payments Stand: SCOTUS Declines to Hear AHA Appeal, Preserving Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments
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Site-Neutral Payments Stand: SCOTUS Declines to Hear AHA Appeal, Preserving Lower Payments to Off-Campus Provider-Based Departments
In July 2020, we discussed a ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals upholding the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) site-neutral payment rules. On Monday, June 28, 2021, the Supreme Court declined, without comment, to hear an appeal from the American Hospital Association (AHA) and other provider groups asking it to reverse this ruling.
Analysis of OIG’s New and Revised Regulatory Safe Harbors to the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Prohibition | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP - JDSupra
In our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, “Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays,” we discussed the advanced publication of two significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify” regulations regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law Final Rule”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS Final Rule”) – both formally published on December 2, 2020 by the Centers for...
Analysis of OIG's New and Revised Regulatory Safe Harbors to the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Prohibition
In our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, “Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays,” we discussed the advanced publication of two significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify” regulations regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law Final Rule”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS Final Rule”) – both formally published on December 2, 2020 by the Centers for...
Critical Analysis and Practical Implications of CMS’ Changes to the Stark Law’s Implementing Regulations | JD Supra
As mentioned in our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, “Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) on December 2, 2020 making significant changes to the regulatory framework implementing the federal physician self-referral prohibition (the “Stark Law”), 42 C.F.R. 411.351 et seq.
Critical Analysis and Practical Implications of CMS’ Changes to the Stark Law’s Implementing Regulations
As mentioned in our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, “Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) on December 2, 2020 making significant changes to the regulatory framework implementing the federal physician self-referral prohibition (the “Stark Law”), 42 C.F.R. 411.351 et seq.
RDOF Technology and Systems Designs
The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I Auction Procedures Public Notice, published on May 19, 2020, requires winning RDOF bidders to complete a Long Form Application (FCC Form 683), including a detailed technology and system design plan.
Adrenal haemorrhage as a complication of COVID-19 infection
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Big Changes For Health Care Fraud And Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates To The Stark Law And The AKS, Just In Time For The Holidays
United States: Big Changes For Health Care Fraud And Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates To The Stark Law And The AKS, Just In Time For The Holidays 02 December 2020 by Michael Paddock , Erica J. Kraus and Theresa E. Thompson Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays | JD Supra
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify” regulations regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law Final Rule”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS Final Rule”).
Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays
Legal Disclaimer You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only.
Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify” regulations regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law Final Rule”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS Final Rule”).
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