CAA 2023 extends the telehealth plan safe harbor for high deductible health plans introduced in the CARES Act. The 2 year extension continues relief until January 1, 2025. HDHPs can offer first dollar coverage for telehealth while preserving participants’ HSA contributions.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA 2023”), signed into law on December 29, introduced sweeping reforms to the employee benefits landscape. Not only do the CAA 2023’s.
04/09/21
Ann Beal
In a categorical win for telehealth last year, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) amended the Stark Law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) to allow disparate groups, including healthcare providers, telehealth and mHealth vendors, to work together on related health care services without risking unlawful consequences.
Enacted more than 40 years ago, the Stark Law was written to preclude physicians from referring patients to a provider with whom the physician or his family has a fiscal relationship, while the
Anti-Kickback Statute was meant to prohibit compensation, defined as anything of value, for referrals payable by a federal healthcare program. These laws were originally designed to safeguard patients against poor service in a fee-for-service arrangement whereby services are paid separately, incentivizing the quantity of care model. However, these laws have resulted in prohibiting physicians, hospitals and healthcare prov
This Commentary
is part of a series of nine
Commentaries
on the newly finalized Stark Law and Anti-Kickback
Statute exceptions and safe harbors seeking to remove regulatory
barriers to care coordination.
In Short
The Situation: The adoption of new technologies
has been a hallmark of the health care industry in the twenty-first
century. While these technologies have helped to improve both
industry efficiency and patient outcomes, the growing use of
technology also makes the industry increasingly vulnerable to
cyberattacks. Unfortunately, cybersecurity technology and services
to combat the threat of cyberattacks can be prohibitively expensive
for many health care providers and others.