Health Law Alert

On August 15, 2019, the OIG announced a $1.2 million settlement with a private Alabama orthopedic group. One of the allegations was that the Group had violated the Stark laws because the Group paid its shareholder physicians directly or indirectly based on the volume of each shareholder physician’s referrals for […]

Section 501(r) of the Code established a number of requirements for tax-exempt hospitals, including provisions related to financial assistance policies, limitations on charges, and billing and collection matters. Every § 501(c)(3) tax-exempt hospital, including “dual status” governmental hospitals (those governmental hospitals that separately obtained § 501(c)(3) status), must adopt and […]

Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., the parent company of NoMoreClipboard, recently paid $100,000 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and entered into a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. […]

On May 6, 2019, the US Department of Justice (“Department”) released “Guidance” describing certain steps that parties may take to earn “cooperation credit” in False Claims Act settlements. Cooperation credit refers to the government’s willingness to reduce damage multiples or “penalties” in actual FCA settlements. The Guidance will have direct […]

A new DHHS Request for Information on Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients Over Paperwork was published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2019. (84 FR 27070) The comment period is open for 60 days from the publishing date. As described in the notice, “[t]his RFI solicits additional public […]