Value-Based Care Favored in New Federal Exceptions
Friday, January 15, 2021 On Nov. 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two final rules, which implement changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) regulations (respectively the OIG Final Rule and the CMS Final Rule, collectively the Final Rules). [1] This alert is a part of the Dinsmore Health Care practice group’s ongoing summary of the Final Rules. In an attempt to transform the health care system into “one that pa...