This training program will provide a general Stark Law overview and explain the requirements for compliance with key regulatory exceptions. The program will also summarize the upcoming changes to the Stark Law for 2016.
This session will provide an overview of the Stark Law and its 2016 changes. It will also discuss best practices for implementing and auditing physician compensation arrangements to minimize liability exposure and penalties, including conducting compliance audits, instituting policies, and establishing ongoing monitoring and review processes.
Why Should You Attend:
On October 30th CMS finalized a number of significant changes to the Stark Law that will be effective for the 2016 calendar year. With changes on the horizon, health care organizations should be monitoring and auditing their existing arrangements to ensure they are compliant with Stark’s technical requirements and key tenets of defensibility (e.g., fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and not taking into account designated health service referrals, etc.) in case their physician contracts are ever challenged.This session will provide an overview of the Stark Law and its 2016 changes. It will also discuss best practices for implementing and auditing physician compensation arrangements to minimize liability exposure and penalties, including conducting compliance audits, instituting policies, and establishing ongoing monitoring and review processes.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- A general overview of the Stark Law
- Requirements for compliance with key regulatory exceptions
- Upcoming changes to the Stark Law for 2016
- The audit process and how to resolve issues that may arise during the audit process
Who Will Benefit:
- In-House Counsel
- Health Care Compliance Officers
- Health Care Human Resources
- Health Care CFOs
- Health Care Executives
Course Provider
Joseph Wolfe,
