The OIG solicited proposals for new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback statute last December; the Advanced Medical Technology Association submitted its proposal yesterday focused on value-based ...

HHS’ Office of Inspector General issued a final rule Tuesday that adds new safe harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute, giving providers greater flexibility with certain payment practices. Here are six ...

Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) Advisory Opinion 25-09[1] addresses an inquiry from a company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices used in emergency stroke treatment and provides ...

On April 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) updated its FAQs on General ...

Two legislators have called on CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to expand the expiring anti-kickback statute safe harbor for electronic health records ...

In a year-end set of new regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the HHS Inspector General finalized the Stark law exemption, which allows hospitals to fund up to 85 percent of ...

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Device industry group AdvaMed on Wednesday pledged its support for proposed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the ...

In the spring of 2025, two federal courts issued decisions interpreting the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, with one court narrowing the conduct that is prohibited while the other court refused to do ...

The OIG concluded that the arrangement does not generate prohibited remuneration under the AKS because it satisfies each condition of the Small Entity Investment Safe Harbor. As a result, the OIG ...