Regulation & law · 03/10/2014

Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements and Gainsharing

The proposed rule aims to revise safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty rules to protect certain payment practices and business arrangements from prosecution or sanctions, and to codify revisions to the definition of remuneration and a gainsharing provision.