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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 ....
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. ....