The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office has held two virtual town halls to introduce the platform and answer the public's questions regarding the change.

Courts in the tri-state area are reopening, and eviction trials are proceeding in-person and virtually. A remote eviction trial makes it easier for a landlord to get before a Judge and reclaim their property...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations implementing and interpreting the Stark Law.

On June 25, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a request for information, seeking input from the public on how to address any undue regulatory impact...

The road for the last year and a half has been bumpy, to say the least. The Pandemic, the election, and the supply chain have been challenging.

On March 26, 2004, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Phase II of its two-part regulations implementing the federal physician self-referral law or "Stark Law."

On June 30, 2016, the Senate Finance Committee's Republican staff issued a 20-page report discussing comments made by industry stakeholders after a December 2015 round-table on the future of the physician self-referral law...

On June 30, the US Senate Committee on Finance released the report Why Stark, Why Now? Suggestions to Improve the Stark Law to Encourage Innovative Payment Models.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is breathing new life into False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement based on the Stark Law (Stark), 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn, also known as the Physician Self-Referral Law.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declarations...

I recently wrote about what appears to be a surge in Stark Law enforcement by the DOJ, and just days later the DOJ announced another Stark Law enforcement action.

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released final regulations under the physician self-referral law known as the Stark Law.

A group of related corporate entities that collectively operate All Children's Hospital entered into a $7 million False Claims Act settlement with the U.S.

On June 30, 2016, the US Senate Committee on Finance released a white paper titled Why Stark, Why Now? Suggestions to Improve the Stark Law to Encourage Innovative Payment Models.

The New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act (N.J.S.A. 15A:5-1, et seq.) (the "Act") was amended on Monday, January 22, 2022

If you are a general contractor or subcontractor, you should know the New Jersey Prompt Payment Act. In general, the purpose of this Act is to encourage prompt payment to contractors for the materials...

Nearly eight years to the day since the case was filed, Senior U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour ordered Tuomey Healthcare System to pay more than $237.5 million in False Claims Act fines and Stark Law penalties.

As mentioned in our November 25, 2000 Healthcare Law Blog article, "Big Changes for Health Care Fraud and Abuse: HHS Gifts Providers Updates to the Stark Law and the AKS, Just in Time...

The Stark Law, also known as the physician self-referral law, prohibits physicians from referring patients to receive "designated health services" payable by Medicare or Medicaid...

The Department of Justice and Florida’s Halifax Hospital Medical Center have reached a tentative $85 million settlement in a case alleging violations of the federal physician self-referral law and the federal False Claims Act.