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In Brief: OIG Opens Second Avenue for Anti-Kickback Statute Revisions

by | Jan 13, 2020 | Articles, Compliance-nir, Enforcement-nir, Essential, National Lab Reporter

Even as we wait for the second draft of the proposed new value-based kickback relief rules—see National Intelligence Report (NIR), Nov. 15, 2019—the OIG issued its annual call for recommendations for new or revised Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors. From now through March 2, 2020, the agency will entertain suggestions and evaluate them on the basis of whether they would increase or decrease: Access to healthcare services; Quality of healthcare services; Patient freedom of choice among healthcare providers; Competition among healthcare providers; Costs to federal healthcare programs Potential overutilization of healthcare services; and The ability of healthcare facilities to provide services in medically underserved areas or to medically underserved populations.  

Even as we wait for the second draft of the proposed new value-based kickback relief rules—see National Intelligence Report (NIR), Nov. 15, 2019—the OIG issued its annual call for recommendations for new or revised Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors. From now through March 2, 2020, the agency will entertain suggestions and evaluate them on the basis of whether they would increase or decrease:
  • Access to healthcare services;
  • Quality of healthcare services;
  • Patient freedom of choice among healthcare providers;
  • Competition among healthcare providers;
  • Costs to federal healthcare programs
  • Potential overutilization of healthcare services; and
  • The ability of healthcare facilities to provide services in medically underserved areas or to medically underserved populations.
 

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