Health Law Alert

On October 3, 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) released a proposed rule expanding safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute and clarifying the exceptions to “remuneration” under the Civil Monetary Penalties (“CMP”)/beneficiary inducement laws. The proposed rules respond to longstanding concerns […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of […]

Two non-profits serving low-income families in Florida are attempting to hold one of the state’s largest providers of charity care accountable to the requirements for tax-exempt hospitals adopted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Florida Legal Services, Inc. (FLS) and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed […]

Many think that Stark is a law that regulates many aspects of hospital/physician relationships but doesn’t apply to physician group practices. The recent $1.3 million settlement involving Cardiovascular Associates d/b/a New York Heart Center serves as a reminder that the law also applies to Stark designated health services within a […]

On September 17, 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published new guidance (the “Guidance”) regarding certain HIPAA provisions in light of the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor, in which the Court found section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act—which defined marriage and spouse to exclude […]