Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | September 2024 Recap
Lexology October 25, 2024
SEPTEMBER REGULATORY UPDATE
SUMMARY
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for September 2024. We discuss several enforcement actions pertaining to healthcare fraud, including alleged violations under the False Claims Act (FCA), federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), and the Stark Law. We also review an unfavorable Office of Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion on the sharing of savings between an organization that provides coverage through employer group waiver plans and the groups to which it provides such plans, as well as other regulatory updates in the healthcare field.
NOTABLE ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTIONS AND ACTIVITY
Surgical Hospital, USPI Agree to Pay $12.7M to Settle Self-Disclosed AKS and Stark Law Claims
On September 16, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that...