In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Joe Records talk to Troy Barsky and Roma Sharma about their reflections on the first year of implementation of new regulations implementing the major fraud and abuse statutes — the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) — including discussing challenges, opportunities, and outstanding questions about the new exceptions and safe harbors for value-based care.

For more information please see:

-"CMS Issues Sweeping Reform to Modernize the Stark Law: Part I," Health Care Alert (November 30, 2020). Contacts: Troy A. Barsky, John T. Brennan Jr., Lidia Niecko-Najjum, Roma Sharma. (https://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/all/CMS-Issues-Sweeping-Reform-to-Modernize-the-Stark-Law-Part-I)

-"OIG Issues Final Rule to Update AKS Safe Harbors: Part II," Administrative Law Alert (February 25, 2021). Contacts: Troy A. Barsky, Jodi G. Daniel, Michael Shaheen, Lidia Niecko-Najjum, Joe Records, Matthew Vicinanzo. (https://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/all/OIG-Issues-Final-Rule-to-Update-AKS-Safe-Harbors-Part-II)

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Reflecting on the First Year of the 2020 Stark & AKS Regulations

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