tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 18

Compliance Trends: Be Aware of These 2 Additional New Stark Provisions

If you run afoul of Stark, here's a potentially easier way out. The Affordable Care Act has two more Stark provisions up its sleeve that provide a give-and-take proposition for providers. One provision, which the law refers to as the Medicare self-referral disclosure protocol (SDRP), provides a way for providers with actual or potential Stark (self-referral) violations to come clean. Providers can "confess their sins to the OIG and get special consideration," says attorney Michael Cassidy, in Pittsburgh, Pa. "It's almost like where you can self-disclose to the Internal Revenue Service and therefore don't get the severe penalties...

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