Don’t Get Burnout from Your Wellness Program: The New Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Wellness Programs
HortySpringer Health Law Expressions
English - July 19, 2023 13:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEducation Health & Fitness healthcare law hortyspringer hospital law healthcare law hospital medical staff bylaws peer review credentialing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the Congressional Appropriations Act passed in December 2022, Congress adopted a new Stark exception and Anti-Kickback safe harbor for wellness programs for physicians and other clinicians. Specifically, the new law provides that counseling, mental health services, suicide and substance abuse prevention programs offered by hospitals and other providers with a formal medical staff will not violate the Stark law or Anti-Kickback Statute so long as the are set out in a board-approved policy that meets five specific elements described in the statute.
Join HortySpringer Partners Henry Casale and Dan Mulholland on this new Health Law Expressions podcast episode as they explain the new law and what you should do to take advantage of it.