OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion For Hospital/Physician ASC Joint Venture
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/05/21
In a recent advisory opinion, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) concluded that an investment by a health system, a management company, and surgeons in an ambulatory surgery center (“ASC”) did not create a substantial risk of fraud and abuse under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) despite not meeting each of the criteria for protection in the AKS safe harbor for ASCs....
By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP