Since its enactment in 2018, the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) has rapidly gained momentum as a powerful tool ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in United States v. Regeneron, has joined the Sixth and Eighth Circuits in ...

A: The anti-kickback statute is a federal law meant to protect patients and federal health-care programs like Medicare from fraud and abuse. Congress passed the law in 1972. Its aim was to ...

About the Anti-Kickback Statute The law’s two provisions target the bribe recipient and the bride payer. The statute prohibits remuneration for healthcare referrals or purchases reimbursable under a ...

The Regeneron litigation highlights that donations routed through independent entities are not immune from challenge, especially if the government believes they are effectively covering a patient’s co ...

Regulatory HHS reviewing reforms to the Anti-Kickback Statute in addition to Stark Law By Evan Sweeney Jul 18, 2018 12:55am Fraud healthcare policy Referrals Value-Based Care ...

The Anti-Kickback Statute strictly applies to referrals that involve a federal healthcare program. Under the statute, federal healthcare program is defined as “any plan or program that provides ...

In the report, HHS said some gainsharing and similar arrangements can be structured in a way that does not violate the Anti-Kickback Statute and meets the requirements of an exception to the ...

The opinion concludes that the proposed arrangement, if undertaken, would not generate prohibited remuneration under the AKS ...

K&L Gates Triage: Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute Under the False Claims Act [PODCAST] by: G. Norman Acker III, Nora E. Becerra, Katherine L. Hinson of K&L Gates LLP K&L Gates Triage ...

The HHS Office of Inspector General's final rule, "Revisions to the Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements," implements seven ...

HHS pitches sweeping revamp of Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law Published Oct. 9, 2019 David Lim Reporter Alex Wong via Getty Images ...