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Stark Law-Based FCA Lawsuits Multiply: Relators Targeting Physician Compensation
Summary of article from Davis Wright Tremaine, by Robert G. Homchick, Adam D. Romney, Gavin Keene: Several health systems, including Community Health Network Inc., University of…
“Stark” Differences: DOJ’s Renewed Focus on Stand-Alone Stark Law Violations
From Arnold & Porter, by Murad Hussain, Allison W. Shuren, Loreli (Lori) Wright: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently increased enforcement of the False Claims…
CMS Again Settles Record Stark Self-Disclosures in 2023
From McGuireWoods, by Gretchen Heinze Townshend, Timothy Fry, Kristen H. Chang, Varsha Gadani, Micaela Enger: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported a record…
OIG Approves Hospital’s Redemption Offer to Retiring Physician-Owners
From Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, by Justin Brown, Krista Cooper, Ashley Gholston Fowler, Travis Lloyd: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of…
CMS Publishes Updated Data on Stark Law Voluntary Disclosures
From Policy & Medicine, by Thomas Sullivan: 2022 was a stand-out year for Stark Law self-disclosures. It was the highest year in both the number of…
New Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor Aim to Combat Physician Burnout
From Stevens & Lee: The Stark Law exception requires that health care entities make their physician wellness program available to all physicians who practice in the…
Hospice, home health agency and owners pay over $1.8M to resolve claims concerning physician payments
The founders of an Edinburg hospice and related home health agency have paid $1,847,279.36 to resolve allegations they submitted claims to Medicare that resulted from unlawful…
Revisions to Stark Law Rules Covering Physician Profit Sharing and Bonuses
CMS also clarified that if a group has five or fewer physicians, overall profits means the profits from DHS from the entire group; but if a…
What Stark law, anti-kickback changes mean for value-based care at ASCs
The changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute make it easier to enter into value-based care arrangements, especially if providers take full risk. The exceptions create flexibility in…
HHS Finalizes Highly Anticipated Final Rules Amending AKS and Stark Law Regulations, Part III: Value-Based Arrangements
A value-based arrangement is an arrangement entered into between a value-based enterprise (VBE) and one or more of its participants, or among VBE participants in the…