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Major Changes to Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, and Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Law Benefiting Providers

Major Changes to Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), Stark Law, and Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) Law Benefiting Providers

There is good news for health care providers this holiday season with HHS’s recent announcement of numerous revisions liberalizing the AKS, Stark and CMP Laws. Among the helpful changes are modifications to the popular AKS personal services and management contracts safe harbor for part-time arrangements, and new AKS safe harbors and Stark exceptions for care coordination activities that could benefit post-acute care providers.