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Jan 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Felicia Alexander |B. Scott McBride |Albert W. Shay
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published favorable Advisory Opinion No. 23-15 on January 3, which concluded that a consultant’s proposal to provide gift cards to existing physician practice customers in exchange for referring other physician practices to the vendor would not implicate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
morganlewis.com | B. Scott McBride |Albert W. Shay |Felicia Alexander
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published favorable Advisory Opinion No. 23-15 on January 3, which concluded that a consultant’s proposal to provide gift cards to existing physician practice customers in exchange for referring other physician practices to the vendor would not implicate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Felicia Alexander |Jacob Harper |Rachel Lamparelli
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented a final rule, effective November 13, 2023, designed to enhance the oversight of hospice providers throughout the United States and increase regulatory scrutiny of poor-performing hospices through the Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP). In recent months, CMS has expanded its focus on addressing the significant increase in the number of hospices enrolling in the Medicare program and related program integrity risks.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Felicia Alexander |Jacob Harper |Albert W. Shay
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion No. 23-07, in which OIG approved a proposed arrangement to pay employed physicians bonuses based on net profits derived from certain ambulatory surgery center procedures performed by the physicians.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | Albert W. Shay |Jacob Harper |Felicia Alexander
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion No. 23-07, in which OIG approved a proposed arrangement to pay employed physicians bonuses based on net profits derived from certain ambulatory surgery center procedures performed by the physicians.
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May 12, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Felicia Alexander |B. Scott McBride
As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency comes to an end on May 11, various regulatory flexibilities simultaneously expire, including certain waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, among other regulatory agencies. Physician organizations should take stock of these impending regulatory changes as the more relaxed regulations of the COVID-19 era revert to the pre-pandemic rules.
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May 11, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Felicia Alexander |Michele L. Buenafe |Gregory Etzel
The Biden administration announced on January 30, 2023 that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would officially end on May 11, 2023. The PHE declaration, which first was issued by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, and subsequently renewed several times, provided the basis for numerous flexibilities upon which the healthcare and life sciences industries have relied to furnish patient care during the pandemic.
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May 11, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | B. Scott McBride |Felicia Alexander
As the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency comes to an end on May 11, various regulatory flexibilities simultaneously expire, including certain waivers issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, among other regulatory agencies. Physician organizations should take stock of these impending regulatory changes as the more relaxed regulations of the COVID-19 era revert to the pre-pandemic rules.
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May 10, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Scott Memmott |Howard Young |Jacob Harper |Michele L. Buenafe |Gregory Etzel |Dennis Gucciardo | +12 more
The Biden administration announced on January 30, 2023 that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would officially end on May 11, 2023. The PHE declaration, which first was issued by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, and subsequently renewed several times, provided the basis for numerous flexibilities upon which the healthcare and life sciences industries have relied to furnish patient care during the pandemic.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
morganlewis.com | Albert W. Shay |Felicia Alexander
Concurrent with the termination of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, various regulatory flexibilities will also come to an end, including the blanket waivers to the Stark Law and related enforcement discretion under the Federal anti-kickback statute. Accordingly, healthcare providers should promptly assess the ongoing compliance of all financial arrangements with physicians relying on these regulatory flexibilities and remediate or terminate such arrangements as appropriate.
