Regulation & law · 19/11/1999

Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Clarification of the Initial OIG Safe Harbor Provisions and Establishment of Additional Safe Harbor Provisions Under the Anti-Kickback Statute

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule to add new safe harbor provisions under the Federal and State health care programs' anti-kickback statute, clarifying the original safe harbor provisions and expanding protections against criminal prosecution or civil sanctions.