OIG Allows Providers to Share a Portion of Reimbursements with Patients
By EsqSocial Corporation 05/01/21
On December 28, 2020, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) published Advisory Opinion 20-07, approving a proposal whereby certain health care facilities and clinicians could use an online platform to disburse, to patients and the patients’ payors, a portion of the reimbursement the facilities and clinicians receive for claims where Medicare is a secondary payor. This favorable opinion represents a remarkable departure from OIG’s typical...
By: Epstein Becker & Green