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Value-Based Care
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Health Law Rx
CMS Tells States and Providers: Value-Based Care is the Answer
By Kirk S. Davis, Danielle C. Gordet
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent a clear message to states and providers: they already have the tools to improve healthcare. Through a combination of value-based…
The FCA Insider
Fraud and Abuse Rules Part IV: Final Changes to Existing and New Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbors
By Gretchen Heinze Townshend, Helen Suh, Erin Dine
As discussed in a prior McGuireWoods alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final rules that significantly amend the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the federal…
Health Law Blog
The Regulatory Sprint to Value-Based Care: The New Safe Harbors and Stark Exceptions
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) finalized the rules modifying the safe harbors under the Anti-Kickback…
Health Care Law Today
Key Takeaways from the Revised and Clarified Stark Law Regulations – Part 1
CMS made impactful changes to the Federal physician self-referral law’s (i.e., Stark Law’s) regulations in its Final Rule that were effective January 19, 2021 (with the exception of the changes…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS proposes important changes to key aspects of HIPAA Privacy Rule
By Nancy Halstead, Brad Rostolsky, Vicki Tankle
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency that enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), is the…
Health Care and Life Sciences
HHS Final Rules Modernize the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute to Usher in Value-Based Care
By Eric S. Klein, David R. Padalino
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released final rules seeking to modernize the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute…
Homeostasis: Dykema’s Health Care Law Blog
HHS Final Rules Modernize the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute to Usher in Value-Based Care
By Dykema
On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released final rules seeking to modernize the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”) and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS Announces New Geographic Direct Contracting Model: Letters of Interest Due by December 21, 2020
By Matthew Goldman, Melissa Gertler
On December 3, 2020, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced key details concerning a new value-based reimbursement and patient care model – the Geographic Direct Contracting Model (the…
Healthcare Law Blog
Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time for the Holidays
By Michael Paddock, Erica Kraus, Theresa Thompson
On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) promulgated much-anticipated and significant final rules intended to “modernize” and “clarify”…
Triage Health Law
CMS Releases Final Rules Implementing Stark Law Changes to Reflect Value-Based Healthcare Delivery and Payment Environment
On Friday, November 20, CMS released final rules implementing many Stark Law changes first proposed in October 2019 (the “Final Rules”). This release comes despite earlier suggestions that these Final…