The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a new frequently asked question (FAQ) and advisory opinion addressing how to analyze arrangements that may involve providing cash, cash equivalents, and/or gift cards to Medicare and/or Medicaid beneficiaries under the beneficiary inducements prohibition provision in the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (Beneficiary Inducements CMP) and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
Our colleague Sharon L. Lippett, a Member of the Firm at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Financial Services Employment Law blog that will be of interest to many of our readers in the health care industry: “New DOL FAQs Provide Additional Guidance (and Comfort) for Plan Sponsors.”
Following is an excerpt:
Based on recent guidance from the Department of Labor (the “DOL”), many sponsors of employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA Plans”) should have additional comfort regarding the impact of the ...
Blog Editors
Recent Updates
- "Enough is Enough": HHS-OIG Freezes Funds for New York Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Effective July 1
- Straight From the Source: AHLA Annual Meeting Highlights Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Efforts in 2026 and Beyond
- At the Half: No Free Kicks in FDA’s 2026 Enforcement
- CMS Codifies Drug Price Negotiation Program—With Modifications for 2029
- Federal Embryo Adoption Program Raises Potential Legal Questions for Reproductive Health