Lexology April 14, 2023
Concurrent with the termination of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, various regulatory flexibilities will also come to an end, including the blanket waivers to the Stark Law and related enforcement discretion under the Federal anti-kickback statute. Accordingly, healthcare providers should promptly assess the ongoing compliance of all financial arrangements with physicians relying on these regulatory flexibilities and remediate or terminate such arrangements as appropriate.
On January 30, 2023, the Biden administration announced that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) would officially end on May 11, 2023. In conjunction with that announcement, various regulatory agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG), issued guidance...