Regulation & law · 02/12/2020

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule to amend the safe harbors under the Federal anti-kickback statute, focusing on care coordination and value-based care, and revising the civil monetary penalty rules to codify a revision to the definition of 'remuneration' added by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.