A Kansas court, in what appears to be the first reported opinion on the issue, recently determined that the “Stark law” would not bar the claim of a physician for unjust enrichment for services performed for a hospital and for which […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Justice recently reported settlements of alleged violations of the physician self-referral law, or “Stark” law.

CMS recently reported four settlements that resulted from voluntary self-disclosures of potential Stark law violations […]

According to a recent alert from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), physicians should be cautious when executing a CMS-855R application to reassign their right to bill the Medicare program and receive Medicare payments. […]