Adherence to the Anti-Kickback and Stark Law is more than just a compliance issue

[Roger Steven]

The Anti-Kickback and Stark Law is a vital Act for healthcare practitioners, and it includes several changes for 2016.

Is the implementation of the Stark Law important? It is much more than being just important. It is critical. The reason for this is that lack of proper implementation of this law in its entirety attracts substantial awards and settlements, as recent enforcement actions have shown. If the scale and magnitude of these awards and settlements are any indication, proper adherence to the Stark Law is now no longer only a compliance issue; it is an enterprise risk management issue.

Goes beyond being only a compliance issue

Health systems, hospitals, and medical groups that make meaningful transitions to more innovative compensation arrangements have to manage their compliance and enterprise risk if they have to show compliance with the Stark Law and yet remain profitable. The way to do this is by ensuring that their medical director and administrative arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law.

The ways by which these providers can ensure all this will be the teaching imparted at a webinar that is being organized by MentorHealth, a leading provider of professional trainings for the healthcare industry. To enroll for this webinar, just visit http://www.mentorhealth.com/control/w_product/~product_id=800859LIVE/ . 

Joseph Wolfe, an attorney with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C., the largest healthcare-focused law firm in the country, and who also provides advice and counsel to some of the nation's largest health systems, hospitals and medical groups on a variety of health care issues; will be the speaker at this webinar.

What should be included and should not be

In addition to the changes that Stark Law will bring for 2016; Joseph will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting medical director arrangements on behalf of health systems, hospitals and medical groups. He will illuminate the key provisions that should be included and potential pitfalls that should be avoided.

Leading decision makers and executives in the healthcare industry, such as in-house counsel, healthcare compliance officers, healthcare human resources and healthcare CFO's will benefit immensely from this highly valuable learning session.

Joseph will cover the following areas at this webinar:

• Provide a general Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute overview.
• Examine critical components of Stark and Anti-Kickback compliant medical director arrangements
• Discuss best practices for drafting medical director agreements and the related compensation plans
• Review processes for documenting medical director duties and service hours
• Review processes for documenting fair market value and commercial reasonableness
• Discuss best practices for auditing existing medical director arrangements and potential pitfalls