The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health Human Services (HHS) is seeking input on Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP. The OIG describes this request for information (RFI) as part of HHS’s endeavor “to transform the health care system into one that better pays for value.” The RFI looks to identify ways to amend or add new safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and exceptions to the beneficiary inducements provisions of the Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) statute, in order to foster arrangements that promote care coordination and advance the delivery of value-based care. The OIG notes that, through internal discussions and input from external stakeholders, it has identified the broad reach of these provisions as “potential impediment[s] to beneficial arrangements that would advance coordinated care.” Comments on the RFI will be accepted by the OIG through October 26, 2018.
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