Modern Healthcare: Hospitals have called on the CMS to take concrete steps to revise federal anti-kickback laws and support providers' move to value-based care, including revising what is considered a referral to giving providers protection for unintentional violations.
All in all, the CMS received over 300 comments after it asked providers this summer how it should amend the so-called Stark law. While the anti-kickback statute is meant to deter physicians from making excessive charges to Medicare and Medicaid by prohibiting financial relationships for referrals, it has long been criticized for thwarting alternative payment models and other care arrangements.
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