HHS Issues New Value-Based Care Exceptions and Safe Harbors to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/06/21
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final rules modifying regulations for the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law, and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). HHS issued these new regulatory exceptions and safe harbors to encourage the development of value-based arrangements that might otherwise be prohibited under the existing parameters of the...
By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC