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On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of Inspector General released final rules amending the regulations to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Civil Monetary Penalty Law. As part of these final rules, the agencies liberalized the requirements under the existing exception and safe harbor for donations of electronic health record items and services, and created a new exception and safe harbor to allow donations of cybersecurity technology and related services.
IN DEPTH
On November 20, 2020, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released final rules amending the regulations to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) (Stark Rule) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Beneficiary Inducement Civil Monetary Penalty Law (collectively, AKS Rule) in connection with HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care. As part of the Stark Rul
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital announced on Dec. 21 that it had performed the first successful pediatric heart transplant in the state in October 2020. But that claim is inaccurate. Pediatric heart transplants have been performed in Connecticut since the 1980s. The first at Yale was in 1989. The first in Hartford may have been performed as far back as 1986.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
OVERVIEW
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of Inspector General released final rules amending the regulations to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement Civil Monetary Penalty Law. As part of these final rules, the agencies liberalized the requirements under the existing exception and safe harbor for donations of electronic health record items and services, and created a new exception and safe harbor to allow donations of cybersecurity technology and related services.
IN DEPTH
On November 20, 2020, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released final rules amending the regulations to the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) (Stark Rule) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Beneficiary Inducement Civil Monetary Penalty Law (collectively, AKS Rule) in connection with HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care. As part of the Stark Rule and the AKS
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Secretary Mnuchin provided an update on the recent bipartisan COVID relief package. President Trump has pushed hard for months to send Americans badly needed financial relief and further support.
Secretary Azar provided an update on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization and vaccine distribution and administration coordination with states. Secretary Azar reiterated the rigorous standards of vaccine the approval process even in the context of an expedited timeline created by Operation Warp Speed. He also discussed vaccine contracts.
General Perna provided an update on vaccine distribution, planning, and execution efforts including collaboration between public and private sector partners and discussion on the status of and process both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is being allocated, shipped, and distributed to states.