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Proposed AKS Safe Harbors for Patient Incentives: Are They Bold Enough?

In Part 2 of a two-part Morgan Lewis series for Bloomberg Law on the proposed Stark Law and anti-kickback statute (AKS) rules, Kathleen McDermott, Matt Hogan, and Jacob Harper examine the safe harbors and exceptions aimed at empowering patients to manage their healthcare. Noting that value-based care can only be achieved when patients no longer sit on the sidelines, the authors ask whether the proposed AKS safe harbors are bold enough, and conclude there may be more that the Office of the Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could do.

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