HHS Withdraws OIG’s Decades-Old Proposed Penalty, Safe Harbor Rules

By Michelle M. Stein / August 7, 2019 at 1:06 PM

HHS recently withdrew rules proposed decades ago that would have codified the HHS Office of Inspector General’s ability to penalize hospitals that offer doctors incentives to reduce care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and would have expanded an existing safe harbor to include waivers of beneficiary cost sharing for those with certain Medigap plans.


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