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In August 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released proposed changes to its Stark Law advisory opinion process. CMS intends for these proposed changes to reduce limitations and restrictions that may be unnecessarily serving as an obstacle to a more robust advisory opinion process. READ MORE
After years of provider feedback, CMS has indicated significant changes to the Stark Law could arrive in 2019. The updated regulations will seek to spur care coordination in an era of increasing use of value-based payment models. READ MORE
More than 800,000 clinicians have been notified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that this year they will be exempt from complying requirements for CMS's Merit-based Incentive Payment System. READ MORE
If you are in the process of drafting a Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol submission, you must use CMS' new SRDP forms or risk the agency not accepting the disclosure into the protocol. READ MORE
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued new SRDP Forms for use by providers of services and supplies when disclosing actual or potential violations of the Stark Law under the SRDP. READ MORE
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