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OIG Recommends Increased RPM Oversight

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On September 24, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a report (the “Report), reviewing and recommending increased oversight of remote patient monitoring (“RPM”)...more

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The OIG Issues New FAQs on Financial Assistance Policies and Marketing to Patients

On July 8, 2024, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated its General Questions on Fraud and Abuse Authorities (FAQs) related to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Beneficiary Inducement Prohibition of Civil...more

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OIG Issues AO on Providing Gift Cards for Completed Colon Cancer Screening Tests

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion (AO) 23-03, analyzing a proposed arrangement in which a company that manufactures an at-home colon cancer...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Regarding Laboratory Arrangement to Offer Discounts

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On March 29, 2023, OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 23-03 regarding a laboratory’s proposed arrangement to provide a prepaid card of up to $75 to encourage individuals to return the sample collection kit associated with the...more

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OIG Approves Gift Cards to Promote Patient Compliance with a Preventive Screening Measure

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued Advisory Opinion 23-03, approving a proposal by the manufacturer of a colorectal cancer screening test and its wholly owned...more

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When A High Rating Is Not Good

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more

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Finding Our Way Out of the Pandemic Haze: What Telehealth Tools Are Medicare Providers Allowed to Keep, and Which Must They Leave...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare coverage expanded to include a vast arsenal of tools that help patients access medical services while keeping patients and practitioners safe. Many of these tools involve telehealth...more

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OIG Approves DME Manufacturer Loan Program in Latest Advisory Opinion

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On June 23, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Advisory Opinion 22-13, approving an arrangement under which a durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturer...more

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Health Law Policy Heading Into 2022 At The ABA Health Law Summit

The ABA Washington Health Law Summit is the premier legal conference focusing on health law policy and, as a result, offers insight into current and future major policy issues. But, as always at this conference, there are...more

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OIG Approves a Free Drug Program Limited to Hospital Inpatients

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On November 16, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 21-16, approving an arrangement under which a pharmaceutical manufacturer provides free...more

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CMS and OIG Release Stark and AKS Final Rules to Support Reforms for Coordinated, Value-Based Care

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On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released their highly-anticipated final rules to modernize and...more

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[Webinar] Re-Mapping the Fraud and Abuse Landscape: Understanding Proposed Reforms - February 13th, 1:00 pm ET

What larger healthcare goals are fueling the proposed revisions to AKS and Stark? What safe harbors and exceptions are introduced in the proposed rules? And what would the potentially transformational changes mean for...more

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Health Care Group News: OIG Allows Hospital to Provide Free In-Home Patient Care

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In an Advisory Opinion published March 6, 2019, the Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) declined to impose sanctions on a nonprofit medical center for a program to provide free, in-home follow-up care to qualifying...more

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Healthcare Law Update: September 2018

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Regulation - CMS Contemplating Telemedicine Changes - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published what it described as a "major proposed rule" that covers a number of topics that could have...more

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Healthcare Law Update: May 2018

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Enforcement - OIG Issues Advisory Opinion on Provision of Samples by a Device Distributor - On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Ride Sharing and Health Care Regulatory Considerations

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Transportation is often cited as one of the top barriers to health care for individuals in the United States. To reduce this burden and increase access to care, many health care providers are now partnering with ride-sharing...more

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OIG Issues Letter Declining to Impose Administrative Sanctions for Provision of Certain Free Drugs

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On Jan. 4, 2018, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an open letter containing guidance regarding the provision of certain free drugs to federal healthcare program beneficiaries. Specifically, the OIG stated that...more

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Ten Things to Know About the CMS Long-Term Care Requirements Final Rule

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Deadlines are looming to come into compliance with sweeping changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for long-term care facilities (LTC) participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The CMS final...more

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OIG Issues Favorable Opinion Giving Green Light To Health System’s Shuttle Service

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued another advisory opinion on free patient transportation (OIG Adv. Op. No. 15-13, dated October 21, 2015). In the opinion, the OIG addresses whether providing patients a...more

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