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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) released an important new compliance resource in November 2023. The HHS OIG’s new General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) is intended...more
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The Robinson+Cole Health Law Group is committed to examining and reporting on issues important to the health care and life sciences industries. Below are excerpts from our Health Law Diagnosis blog, where we post on fraud and...more
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Amidst the cavalcade of regulatory and policy changes from federal and state governments intended to help health care providers confront the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 21, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
On April 21, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued additional guidance explaining the scope and application of the Stark Law blanket waivers to certain financial relationships. CMS issued the Stark...more
On November 26, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a $26.67 million settlement with a laboratory testing corporation, Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (Boston Heart). The settlement resolves allegations of...more
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Part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed changes to the regulations interpreting the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”), released on October 9, 2019, include changes to the special...more
On October 17, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed rules to update the regulatory Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) safe-harbors and exceptions to the Physician Self-Referral (PSR) Law, known...more
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