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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In just two weeks, on January 19, 2021, a sweeping set of changes to the federal physician self-referral law (or “Stark Law”) and anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) regulations go into effect. These changes, which are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) “Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care,” are the most significant changes to the Stark Law and AKS in a decade. There are hundreds of pages of preamble guidance and revised regulation text setting forth these sweeping changes from the Centers f...

POPULAR ARTICLES ON: Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences from United States Arnold & Porter A Tennessee federal judge has taken the highly unusual step of denying the government's request to intervene in a qui tam suit in which it had previously declined intervention. Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP On the surface, medical litigation funding and lien-based medical treatment provide a necessary service to individuals injured in an accident who would not otherwise be able to afford medical... Foley & Lardner Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies have sought to allow health care compan...

Coordinated Care Network to launch late January 2021 The UH College of Medicine will launch the Coordinated Care network in late January 2021 as part of their Household-Centered Care program. | File photo The UH College of Medicine will launch their Coordinated Care Network in late January 2021 as a part of their Household-Centered care program.  In an email to the UH community, Dr. Stephan Spann mentioned that the network will make quality referrals for their Household-Centered Care program. Spann said that the care program is a partnership with UH and the community by interprofessional tea...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On Thursday, December 17, 2020, senior representatives of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) delivered a virtual presentation to American Health Law Association members and other health industry stakeholders to explain and elaborate on significant new regulations that become final on January 19, 2021. OIG Senior Counselor for Policy, Vicki Robinson, OIG Industry Guidance Branch Chief, Susan Edwards, and OIG Senior Coun...

Introduction On 10 December 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) issued Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support, and Remove Barriers to, Coordinated Care and Individual Engagement (the Proposed Rule). 1 The Proposed Rule comes nearly two years after OCR issued a Request for Information from stakeholders regarding the ways that HIPAA could be modernized to support coordinated, value-based care. 2 OCR includes numerous proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule intended to eliminate regulatory barrier...