Stark Law & AKS Rules - Changes You Need to Know - McDermott

Making Sense of the Stark Law and AKS Final Rules – Top Changes You Need to Know

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Video – Regulatory Sprint: Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Final Rules ‘Need to Know’ overview from McDermott health partners, December 2020 (runtime: 26m)

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On November 20, the Department of Health and Human Services released final rules amending the regulations to the Stark law and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). These final rules represent arguably the most significant changes to these regulations in the last decade.

In this video – the first in an ongoing series to help you navigate these significant changes – Health partners Nicholas Alarif, Tony Maida, Joan Polacheck, and Monica Wallace discuss:

  • How the final rules support the move toward value-based care
  • Changes to the “Big Three” definitions of commercial reasonableness, fair market value and volume/value
  • Which changes will have an immediate impact on providers, and which changes will impact them over a longer term
  • Noteworthy changes to the AKS safe harbors and reduced regulatory burdens
  • Noteworthy changes to the Stark Law exceptions and AKS safe harbors and reduced regulatory burdens

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