Our Analysis
Our Health Care team has published a series of analyses highlighting key changes to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and their impact on health care providers. To read individual sections, click the links below. Or download our complete report here.
The New Stark Law
- Discount Safe Harbor Final Rule Released: OIG Seeks to Adopt Major Changes
- New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Reforms Aimed at Value-Based Care
- Changes to Stark Law Definitions Impact Innovative Relationships and “Commercially Reasonable” Considerations
- Revisions to Stark Law Rules Covering Physician Profit Sharing and Bonuses
- Searching for Safe Harbors? CMS-Sponsored Model Participants Receive Anti-Kickback Statute Protection
- Changes to the Stark Law’s Special Rules on Compensation Create Flexibility and Reduce Confusion for Physicians and Other Health Care Providers
- Stark Law Fair Market Value Compensation Exception Expanded to Cover Office Space and Equipment Leases and Clarifies Writing Requirements
- New Stark Exception Provides Additional Flexibility for Limited Financial Arrangements with Physicians
- Changes to Stark and Anti-Kickback Regulations Address Technology Advances, Tighten Rules for EHR Contributions, and Promote Cybersecurity
- New Safe Harbors Offer Opportunities for Innovative Arrangements, Including Digital Health
Our Focus
Our Stark Law team is nationally recognized for its experience counseling clients on federal laws surrounding:
- The Stark Law
- The Anti-Kickback Statute
- The False Claims Act
- Laws requiring overpayments to be returned within 60 days
- EMTALA, which regulates hospital emergency departments
- HIPAA and HITECH; and those laws’ state counterparts
Attorneys in our hospital practice are leaders in the area of health information privacy and data security with hands-on experience helping clients prepare for, as well as respond to, privacy and cybersecurity breaches.
