Category Archives: Acute Care

Benesch Sponsors ACG NY – 4th Annual Health Care Conference

Posted on January 27, 2012 by | Comments Off

Benesch had the opportunity to sponsor the ACG NY 4th Annual Health Care Conference on January 25th, 2011 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The conference was a great success with attendees from the private equity, lending, investment and service provider communities. We want to thank all those who attended the conference. It was a great event.

More importantly, we wanted to thank the panelists who put on a great presentation. The panel presentation provided significant insight into the coming challenges and unknowns for the hospital sector in 2012. The discussion of policy initiatives that are pushing toward more integration and the assumption of risk by providers was enlightening. Continue reading →

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Posted in Accountable Care Organizations, Acute Care, Benesch Events, Health & Human Services, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Health Reform, Hospital, Integration, Investors, Medicare, Private Equity

OIG Advisory Opinion 11-16 – Hospital’s Provision of Transportation, Lodging, and Meal Assistance to Patients and their Family is OK

Posted on November 22, 2011 by | Comments Off

On November 15, 2011, the OIG released Advisory Opinion 11-16. In this new advisory opinion, the OIG reviewed a non-profit Hospital’s domiciliary services program that provides transportation, lodging, and meal assistance to certain patients and their family members.  The OIG issued a favorable opinion of the arrangement and concluded that (i) the Arrangement does not constitute grounds for the imposition of civil monetary penalties; and (ii) while the Arrangement could potentially generate prohibited remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Statute, the OIG will not impose administrative sanctions. Continue reading →

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Posted in Acute Care, Anti-Kackback, Fraud and Abuse, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Hospital, Medicare, OIG, OIG Advisory Opinions

Final Rule on Expansion of Physician-Owned Hospitals under the Stark Physicians Self Referral Rule

Posted on November 21, 2011 by | Comments Off

On November 1, 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rule governing the procedures and requirements by which a physician-owned hospital may apply for an exception to the Stark Physician Self Referral Law’s prohibition against expanding a physician-owned hospital’s capacity. The rule, effective on January 1, 2012, will be published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2011. Continue reading →

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Posted in Acute Care, Final Rule, Fraud and Abuse, Health Care Providers, Hospital, Physicians, Regulation, Self-Referral

OIG Enters into $7.3 Million Settlement and Corporate Integrity Agreement with Lithotripsy Physicians and Related Entities

Posted on July 9, 2010 by | Comments Off

On July 8, 2010, the OIG released a press release announcing that it entered into a 7.3 million dollar civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) settlement agreement with United Shockwave Services, United Prostate Centers, and United Urology Centers (the “Settlement Parties”), all based in the Chicago, Illinois area. The agreement settles charges that, by soliciting and receiving payments from hospitals in exchange for patient referrals, the Settlement Parties violated Federal anti-kickback laws. Continue reading →

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Posted in Acute Care, Anti-Kackback, Civil Litigation, Corporate Integrity Agreements, Fraud and Abuse, Hospital, Illinois, Medicare, OIG, Out-Patient Care, Physicians, Self-Referral, Settlements