We contributed to the Fraud and Abuse Chapter of the Health Law Handbook, 2024-2025 Edition. In the portion of our content, titled “Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Update,” we outlined regulatory developments, key court decisions and noteworthy settlements related to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. Continue Reading Fraud and Abuse Chapter of Health Law Handbook, 2024-2025 Edition
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Register Now | HHS-OIG Year in Review Webinar Replay
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) offered the industry new and updated guidance tools and a late flurry of advisory opinions. Join us for a webinar in which we will provide a high-level overview of 2023’s most significant and helpful guidance documents.Continue Reading Register Now | HHS-OIG Year in Review Webinar Replay
Download Now – 12th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review
Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of the 12th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review examining important healthcare fraud developments in 2023. Continue Reading Download Now – 12th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review
Register Now | HHS-OIG Year in Review Webinar
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) offered the industry new and updated guidance tools and a late flurry of advisory opinions. Join us on February 27 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT for a webinar in which we will provide a high-level overview of 2023’s most significant and helpful guidance documents. Continue Reading Register Now | HHS-OIG Year in Review Webinar
HHS-OIG Year in Review 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with providing objective oversight to protect the integrity and promote the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other federal healthcare programs, as well as the health and welfare of the people they serve.
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CMS Publishes New Data on Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Settlements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published updated data regarding settlements made under the Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), an important mechanism through which providers may disclose actual or potential violations of the federal physician self-referral prohibition commonly known as the Stark Law. Continue Reading CMS Publishes New Data on Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Settlements
HHS-OIG Year In Review 2022
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to offer valuable insights to the healthcare industry as to how best to approach increasingly complex healthcare fraud and abuse issues. Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to share this HHS-OIG Year In Review (HHS-OIG YIR) that highlights key guidance OIG issued in 2022, as well as other items of import involving the agency.Continue Reading HHS-OIG Year In Review 2022
Download Now – 11th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review
Bass, Berry & Sims is pleased to announce the release of the 11th annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review examining important healthcare fraud developments in 2022. Continue Reading Download Now – 11th Annual Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Review
Watch On-Demand | How to Submit a Stark Law Self-Disclosure Webinar
Watch the recording of our latest webinar, in which our panel of national healthcare fraud and abuse attorneys will discuss how to disclose a Stark Law violation to CMS.
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False Claims Act Fundamentals: Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law
As previous False Claims Act (FCA) Fundamentals posts have discussed, the FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., can be triggered by submitting claims tied to violations of certain federal statutes. This post will explain the basics of two such statutes: the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Stark Law.
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