Stark After Tuomey, Intermountain Health, Akron General, Prime Healthcare, and Kalispell Regional
60 Minutes
The session will provide an overview of the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and its available exceptions. It will also show how violation of Stark II can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.
Claims filed by health care providers require compliance with the Stark rules and failure to comply can result in that failure being the basis of an enforcement action. We will provide an in-depth review of Stark, focusing on what is prohibited under the Act, what the exceptions are, and how to fit within an exception. While there are several exceptions, it is important to be able to meet the criteria of an exception. We will discuss these criteria and the nuances that must be met. We will also review the case law and show how the courts interpret the law.
Finally, the webinar will review various cases to show how easy it is to run afoul of these rules, and how the courts view compliance with them.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
This session is designed for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare providers who participate in and receive remuneration from Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs such as TriCare. Several recent cases bring home the realization that violations of Stark are common, and those violations can be used as the basis of a False Claims Act action.
As a health care executive, physician, or other health care provider, you should be very concerned about the potential for violation of the Stark rules. In this webinar, you will learn about the elements of the Stark II law, along with the various exceptions that you can rely on for protection against enforcement under this law. This is important because under recently enacted healthcare laws, particularly The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), enforcement and healthcare fraud task forces have been greatly enhanced.
In Tuomey, the jury award was $279 million and the case settled for $74 million, with the system being sold and the CEO personally paying $1 million and agreeing to be barred from federal healthcare programs for 5 years.
The law actually codifies the American Medical Association ethics rules concerning referrals. We will review these rules and the various exceptions to Stark so that you can be aware of what you can and cannot do regarding referrals.
You will want to attend this webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your organization.
AREA COVERED
- Federal Physician Self-Referral Law (including a review of the designated health services
- Exceptions to Stark II
- How the Stark II rules pose dangers for healthcare providers
- Review of case law
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Hospital Executives, particularly CEO's, COO's, CFO's, CNO's, and CMO's
- Nursing Home Executives
- Physicians
- Physician Practice Managers
- Other Healthcare Provider Executives
This session is designed for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare providers who participate in and receive remuneration from Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs such as TriCare. Several recent cases bring home the realization that violations of Stark are common, and those violations can be used as the basis of a False Claims Act action.
As a health care executive, physician, or other health care provider, you should be very concerned about the potential for violation of the Stark rules. In this webinar, you will learn about the elements of the Stark II law, along with the various exceptions that you can rely on for protection against enforcement under this law. This is important because under recently enacted healthcare laws, particularly The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), enforcement and healthcare fraud task forces have been greatly enhanced.
In Tuomey, the jury award was $279 million and the case settled for $74 million, with the system being sold and the CEO personally paying $1 million and agreeing to be barred from federal healthcare programs for 5 years.
The law actually codifies the American Medical Association ethics rules concerning referrals. We will review these rules and the various exceptions to Stark so that you can be aware of what you can and cannot do regarding referrals.
You will want to attend this webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your organization.
- Federal Physician Self-Referral Law (including a review of the designated health services
- Exceptions to Stark II
- How the Stark II rules pose dangers for healthcare providers
- Review of case law
- Hospital Executives, particularly CEO's, COO's, CFO's, CNO's, and CMO's
- Nursing Home Executives
- Physicians
- Physician Practice Managers
- Other Healthcare Provider Executives
Speaker Profile
William Mack Copeland
William Mack Copeland, MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC, where he is president and CEO. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations. A former hospital chief executive officer, he is a life fellow in the …
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