Fierce Healthcare October 9, 2019
The Trump administration has proposed new exemptions and safe harbors to the Stark Law and anti-kickback statute to spur more physicians and healthcare facilities into value-based care arrangements.
The reforms, a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and another proposal from Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, aim to update the 1989 Stark Law that bans physicians from referring patients to facilities they have a financial stake in. The proposed regulations would create a permanent exception to the law to shield legitimate value-based deals from penalties.
“Unfortunately the looming threat of liability under the Stark Law has discouraged many providers from entering into value-based arrangements in the first place,” Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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