Lexology December 14, 2021
Dickinson Wright

Those serving in the health care industry are all too familiar with the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law – physician self-referral and fraud and abuse laws that prohibit financial payments or incentives for referring patients, specifically a Medicare or Medicaid patient.

In December 2020, The Officer of Inspector General (OIG) Final Rule and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule were published. Some of those changes were effective January 19, 2021, while others will take effect in January 1, 2022. These changes provide more certainty, clarifying and adapting rules that have already existed.

During Dickinson Wright’s 2021 Health Law Virtual Summit, our health care attorneys discussed the practical implications of these recent updates. Here’s what you...

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