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Tuesday, February 2, 2021 On 2 December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) issued two Final Rules in conjunction with its “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” which will markedly change the regulatory fraud and abuse landscape for “value-based” arrangements: (i) The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a Final Rule that introduces new safe harbor protections under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) for certain coordinated care and risk-sharing value-based arrangements between or among clinicians, providers, suppliers, and...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On 2 December 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule or Rule). 3The Final Rule adds multiple new safe harbors, revises several existing safe harbors under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and adds new protections under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMP Law) which were first addressed in the 17 October 2019 proposed rule. 4 The Final Rule is a key part of HHS’s Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, which aims t...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. 1 Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the Biden administration came into power, the Proposed Rule has not been withdrawn and the initial comment deadline remains in effect as we move into March. In the absence of a change in course by the current administration, comments will be due March 22, 2021. The Proposed Rule would affect how individuals may exer...

White Paper: OIG Finalizes New and Revises Existing AKS Safe Harbors and Creates New CMP Law Exception Wednesday, January 20, 2021 On 2 December 2020, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued a long-awaited final rule (the Final Rule or Rule). 3The Final Rule adds multiple new safe harbors, revises several existing safe harbors under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and adds new protections under the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMP Law) which were first addressed in the 17 October 2019 proposed rule. 4 The Final ...

Leadership in a time of uncertainty with health care leaders Sydney Kurle | Jan 19, 2021 Share this: From PPE shortages, the COVID-19 pandemic, staffing shortages and wildfires, 2020 has thrown as many curveballs as it could to the health care industry in Washington. Gary Kaplan, CEO of Virginia Mason, Ketul Patel, CEO of CHI Franciscan and Beth Johnson, CEO of Coordinated Care, joined us as the final keynote of our 2021 Washington State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference to talk about the lessons they have learned in this unique year.     “It has been really fast paced...