Physician Self-Referral Law/Stark law
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a proposed rule on Oct. 3 that would add new safe harbors to the anti-kickback statute (AKS) and exceptions to certain civil monetary penalty (CMP) provisions.
CMS and HHS Office of Inspector General published in the Dec. 27 Federal Register two nearly identical final rules that extend the regulatory protections for hospitals seeking to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information technology.
AHA's comments on the CMS proposed rule that would extend the regulatory protections under the federal physician self-referral or Stark law for hospitals that want to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information technology (IT).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General April 8 released two proposed rules that would extend the regulatory protections for hospitals seeking to provide assistance to physicians in adopting certain health information…
This TrendWatch provides a compilation of the growing body of research on physician ownership and self-referral in the hospital setting.