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The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”), has issued two final rules clarifying certain regulatory terms and adding and amending exceptions and safe harbors to accommodate “value” transactions under the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), the federal Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”), and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (the “CMP Law”). These changes, as we noted in our discussion of the proposed regulations, are arguably the most significant changes in the Stark Law, AKS, and the CMP Law in recent history.
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WASHINGTON The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should reduce its portfolio of alternative payment models, according to a draft recommendation released by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). I think there s merit in streamlining the models, commission member Brian DeBusk, PhD, CEO of DeRoyal Industries in Powell, Tennessee, said Thursday at MedPAC s March meeting. Medicare might welcome the relief; I m sure they get pressed from a lot of different sides to pursue a lot of different programs.
DeBusk was responding to a draft recommendation written by MedPAC staff for possible inclusion in the commission s annual June report to Congress. The draft recommendation said that The [Health and Human Services] Secretary should implement a more coordinated portfolio of fewer alternative payment models (APMs) that support the strategic objectives of reducing spending and improving quality.
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/PRNewswire/ PatientPing, the nation s leading care collaboration platform, today announced that its national network of Accountable Care Organizations.