“The healthcare industry is exploring the impact of the Trump administration’s massive overhaul to the Stark Law, a 1989 act that forbids physician self-referrals or referrals to an entity they have a financial stake in.”
“Providers have said that the law has had a chilling effect on value-based care, as physicians may be scared to enter into value-based care arrangements with healthcare facilities.”
“A proposed rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the Inspector General aims to ease the regulatory worries by creating new exceptions to Stark and safe harbors from the anti-kickback statute.”
“The proposed rules also offer new exceptions and safe harbors to ensure that hospitals can donate cybersecurity software to doctors and not run afoul of the law.”
“Now that the long-awaited proposals are out, providers are searching for the impact. Provider groups were largely optimistic about the two rules, which are both open for public comment until Dec. 31…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS, OIG release long-awaited Stark Law overhaul – By Robert King, October 15, 2019. FierceHealthcare.
