tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2016 Issue 24

Safe Harbor: New Safe Harbor Revisions Give Providers Something to Smile About

OIG final rule welcomes the shift to value-based care. As CMS transitions from its Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula to MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP), the OIG continues to offer compliance guidance and incentive for abiding to its regulations. Background. On Dec. 7, 2016, the Federal Register published a final rule that seemed to speak to many providers’ frustrations about the AKS rules regarding safe harbors. The report offered an olive branch to physicians and their business partners with revisions to old standbys that suggested easing up on regulations to promote the delivery of coordinated care. “Although...

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