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

The novel Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has brought about unprecedented applications of certain federal healthcare laws and regulations, including the federal physician self-referral law (the ...

In a long-awaited move, HHS announced Tuesday plans to reform federal antikickback statutes and overhaul the so-called Stark Law, which was originally intended as a safeguard against financial ...

Stark law, which prohibits physicians from making referrals for many Medicare-payable services to an entity if the physician or immediate family member has a financial relationship with it, has seen a ...

The Stark law prohibits physicians from ordering designated health services for Medicare patients from entities with which the physician, or a family member, has a financial relationship unless an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A medical practice may discover an unknown Stark Law violation during a merger or acquisition. Medical practices ...

Comments submitted to HHS by major healthcare organizations are overwhelmingly in support of the loosening of Stark and anti-kickback laws and the expansion of certain safe harbor exceptions. HHS and ...

Many physician leaders are struggling with the paradox of insurance companies and private equity firms acquiring physician practices, while physicians themselves are barred by Stark law from owning or ...

The American Telemedicine Association this week issued a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' final rules regarding the Physician Self-Referral Law (also known as ...