Health Law Alert

This year is soon over and we look to the future and what 2020 will bring.  For me, it brings retirement and new plans.  While I look forward to this new adventure, I will surely miss everyone who has been a part of the past 26 years at Baird Holm.   A […]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a short fraud alert to individuals and facilities warning of a new scam. HHS OIG has been impersonated by scammers who represent themselves as HHS OIG representatives in an attempt to collect personal information from […]

A new publication by CMS’s Quality, Safety and Oversight Group Director seeks to coordinate two important steps prior to the addition of any new practice location for a critical access hospital (CAH).  This is intended to emphasize the requirement for CAHs that any new provider-based location located off-campus is more […]

October was a busy month for the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) as it handed down one settlement and one civil monetary penalty for HIPAA violations and secured corrective action in a third case involving allegations of discrimination.  With each enforcement announcement, OCR continues to send a message to health […]

For quite some time, many in the industry have anticipated new rulemaking from CMS and the OIG related to the Stark law and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.  Furthering the “Regulatory Sprint” to care coordination and value-based care, the agencies have delivered.  In a coordinated effort, on October 17, 2019, CMS […]