HHS to Ease Fraud and Abuse Rules Part 2: Civil Monetary Penalty Law Changes, In-Home Dialysis Telehealth
As discussed in a previous McGuireWoods alert, on Oct. 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced two proposed rules to significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Civil Monetary Penalties (CMP) Law. This client alert, the second in McGuireWoods’ summary series on these proposed rules, focuses on proposed revisions to the statutory exception for furnishing telehealth technologies to certain in-home dialysis patients, as…