Medicare Program: Final Waivers in Connection With the Shared Savings Program

Document ID: CMS-2011-0164-0001
Document Type: Rule
Agency: Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Topics: No Topics associated with this document
Federal Register Number: 2011-27460
CFR Citation: 42 CFR Chapter IV
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Abstract:	This interim final rule with comment period establishes 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 arrangements involving accountable care organizations (ACOs) under section 1899 of the Social Security Act (the Act) (the Shared Savings Program), including ACOs participating in the Advance Payment Initiative. Section 1899(f) of the Act, as added by the Affordable Care Act, authorizes the Secretary to waive certain fraud and abuse laws as necessary to carry out the provisions of section 1899 of the Act.
Received Date:	November 02 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:	67992 - 68010
Page Count:	19
Comment Start Date:	November 2 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:	January 3 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time