The Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) are two of the most prominent healthcare fraud and abuse laws in the United States. The Stark Law and AKS have been ...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) jointly published final rules that expand upon and modify regulatory safe harbors and exceptions to the ...

The future of Stark law is “clouded by uncertainty” after a district court ruled that a false claims lawsuit filed against Thomas Health System cannot be resolved without parties’ briefs on the U.S.

ASC and physician leaders are keeping a sharp eye on Stark law, which has evolved into a complex framework that continues to challenge compliance. Shakeel Ahmed, MD. Gastroenterologist and CEO of ...

The Stark law prohibits physicians from ordering designated health services for Medicare patients from entities with which the physician, or a family member, has a financial relationship unless an ...

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HHS recently released a report that provides observations on the effect healthcare fraud and abuse laws have on the industry’s transition to value-based payment models. HHS released the report ...

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Device industry group AdvaMed on Wednesday pledged its support for proposed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the ...

These changes revise the rule related to "overall profits" to prohibit pooling and distributing profits or productivity bonuses from designated health services (DHS), such as in-office laboratory or ...