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Please Click HerePosted on April 19, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
How the Board can Enhance Compliance Effectiveness The Board of Directors (Board) of an organization has oversight responsibilities over the compliance program. Board members are often unsure of the nature and scope of their responsibilities over compliance. The roll of many Boards is limited to receiving occasional updates from the compliance officer. Compliance is then […]
Posted on April 19, 2017 by John D. Leary
In the last two weeks, 75 Wisconsin dairy farmers were notified by their dairy that it could not accept their milk. The dairy and its farmer suppliers are caught in a U.S.-Canada trade dispute over “ultra-filtered” milk. Almost overnight, a market disappeared. The net result is a million pounds of milk per day in Wisconsin […]
Posted on April 11, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A relatively recent case involving buy-in terms in an ambulatory surgery center demonstrates how different valuations for referral sources and non-referral sources can be evidence of remuneration under the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)-(b)). The case also demonstrates how the initial investment terms that favor referral sources can foreclose reliance on safe harbor […]
Posted on April 11, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
We hear a lot about potential liability under the False Claims Act (FCA) for the failure to repay overpayments within 60 days of discovery. Focus on the 60-day rule has taken focus away from the potential for criminal charges for retaining known overpayments. Section 1128B(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)(3)) makes […]
Posted on April 7, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Medical practices that routinely use laser technology are subject to some of the same legal issues as other types of practices. Use of lasers creates additional compliance issues and highlights certain compliance risk areas. Our special coverage issue contains articles on some of the legal issues impacting these practices. • Compliance Program Operation. All medical […]
Posted on April 6, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
The Affordable Care Act added the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) as section 1128G to the Social Security Act. The Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, or medical supplies and certain group purchasing organizations to report annually to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) certain payments or items of […]
Posted on April 6, 2017
Ruder Ware is pleased to announce that Melissa Kampmann has become a Fellow with The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is a nonprofit association of lawyers and law professors skilled and experienced in the preparation of wills and trusts; estate planning; and probate procedure and […]
Posted on April 6, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
EPA’s new Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) Final Rule was to take effect on March 14, 2017. EPA has delayed the effective date until June 19, 2017, and has proposed a further delay until February 19, 2019, in light of industry petitions for reconsideration and judicial review. On February 28, 2017, the “RMP Coalition” filed its […]
Posted on April 6, 2017 by Emilu E.C. Larson
A new safe harbor was recently issued by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that permits eligible health care providers to offer free or discounted transportation to established patients. The safe harbor addresses concerns that offering free goods and/or services to patients might be considered payment of illegal “remuneration” in […]
Posted on April 5, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
By now the whole world knows about Sally Yates. We are likely to see a lot more of her as a central figure in Congressional investigations. For some of us who deal with compliance investigations, Sally Yates was famous long before her refusal to defend the immigration ban. She was the author of the famous […]