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The Anti-Kickback Statute is a United States federal criminal statute that prohibits the exchange (or the promise to exchange) of anything of value for referrals of federal healthcare program business. The statute aims to prevent situations where government officials channel federal healthcare dollars towards particular providers, who have offered or given the official a personal benefit. Penalties for violation of the Anti-Kickback statute apply to both sides of a prohibited transaction and can include jail time and steep monetary fines. less -

[Hybrid Event] “Steer” Clear of Legal Lassos: Readiness Strategies for FDA-Regulated Companies - May 1st, Austin, TX

Gardner Law on 4/2/2024

Join Gardner Law for a half-day CLE event in person at the Capital Factory in Austin, TX or attend virtually. Prepare for the regulatory rodeo with confidence by learning how to navigate regulatory, compliance, and privacy...more

“Let’s Talk Compliance”: Medicare Advantage: Compliance Issues and Enforcement

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/13/2024

Editor’s Note: PYA and Foley & Lardner hosted the 6th Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” two-day Virtual Conference on January 18 and 19, 2024. Panelists included Foley & Lardner attorneys and PYA experts. The event was hosted by...more

[Event] 2023 Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 5th - 7th, Washington, DC

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 8/8/2023

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference to...more

EnforceMintz — Significant 2022 Regulatory and Policy Developments

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 2/13/2023

From an agency guidance and regulatory developments perspective, 2022 was fairly quiet until the latter part of the year. Consistent with past practice, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human...more

Stark and AKS Rules Cross the Finish Line of HHS Regulatory Sprint

BakerHostetler on 11/27/2020

With a bold finish, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) crossed the finish line of its race to modernize and clarify the regulations interpreting the federal physician self-referral law (Stark) and anti-kickback...more

[Virtual Event] 2020 Virtual Ann Arbor Regional Conference - June 12th, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm EDT

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/21/2020

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

OIG Releases Policy Statement Extending HHS Blanket Waiver Protection to Certain Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Violations During...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/7/2020

On April 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a policy statement of enforcement discretion (the “Policy Statement”) regarding sanctions under the Federal...more

Newly Proposed AKS and Stark Law Protections For Value-Based Care Models

Jones Day on 3/12/2020

The Situation: The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care Initiative in order to revise regulations associated with the anti-kickback statute, Stark Law, HIPAA, and 42...more

Proposed Stark Law Changes May Impact Physician Compensation Models

Burr & Forman on 12/30/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed sweeping changes to the federal Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law. While many of the changes reflect CMS’...more

New Safe Harbors In A Storm of Risk and Regulations: A Review of the OIG’s Proposed Changes to the Federal Anti-Kickback Laws

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/22/2019

In an effort to modernize and clarify a statute that looms large in the minds of health care providers across the nation, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently...more

Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care: New Stark & Anti-Kickback Rules

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 11/7/2019

On October 22, 2019, CMS and OIG (Office of Inspector General) released new proposed rules regarding Stark Law Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors in response to what has universally been christened as the “Regulatory...more

HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care – Part 3: CMS Proposes Expansive Set of Changes to Stark Regulations

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/31/2019

This Client Alert serves as the third in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as part...more

CMS Proposes Rule Clarifying Physician Self-Referral Law Rules for Group Practice Profit Sharing

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 10/30/2019

On October 9, 2019 the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule making changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law, also called the Stark Law (PSR...more

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to AKS and Stark Law, Part 3: Personal Services and Management Contracts, Outcomes-Based Payments,...

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/23/2019

This post is the third installment of our blog series on recent proposed rules from the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that, if finalized, would implement major changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the...more

Trump Administration’s ‘Regulatory Sprint’ Includes Revisions to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/21/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two proposed rules: Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations and Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors under the...more

CMS Proposes Sweeping Revisions to the Stark Law

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/18/2019

"CMS Proposes Sweeping Revisions to the Stark Law" is Part I of a two-part series discussing the US Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) recent proposed rules revising the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute as...more

New Stark Law Exceptions for Value-Based Care

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed changes to the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (the “Stark Law”), as well as the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the...more

CMS and OIG Propose Regulatory Changes Impacting the Scope of the Stark Law and the Federal Health Care Program Anti-Kickback...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/11/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released proposed rules in conjunction with HHS’ “Regulatory...more

HHS Proposes Sweeping Changes to Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/11/2019

On October 9, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced significant changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (known as the Stark Law) through proposed rules issued...more

HHS Proposes Substantial Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Regulations

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/11/2019

The Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Civil Monetary Penalty Law, released today as part of the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, would...more

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