Office of the Inspector General April 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Section 1899(f) of the Social Security Act (of the Act), as added by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizes the Secretary to waive certain fraud and abuse laws as necessary to carry out the provisions of section 1899 of the Act (the Medicare Shared Savings Program). This notice with comment period describes and solicits public input regarding possible waivers of the application of the Physician Self-Referral Law, the Federal anti-kickback statute, and certain civil monetary penalties (CMP) law provisions to specified financial arrangements involving accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program. In addition, section 1115A(d)(1) of the Act, as added by section 3021 of the ACA, authorizes the Secretary to waive the same fraud and abuse laws, among others, as necessary solely for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of section 1115A of the Act with respect to the testing of certain innovative payment and service delivery models by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. This notice with comment period also solicits public input regarding that separate waiver authority.