The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 24-01 (the “Opinion”), to a Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance...more
Advisory Opinion 17-06 joins a long list of opinions approving arrangements between a Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance (Medigap) insurer and a preferred hospital organization (PHO). While this advisory opinion does not...more
In an opinion written by Judge Posner, the Seventh Circuit on Friday gave its stamp of approval to a “must-have” hospital’s bargaining to exclude competitors from certain narrow-network payor contracts in and around Peoria,...more