HHS-OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Patient Cost-Sharing Waiver for Treatment-in-Place Services
Highlights
HHS-OIG issued a recent favorable opinion on patient billing waivers by an ambulance provider for medical treatment provided at the scene without ambulance transport
The proposed arrangement is consistent with earlier HHS-OIG guidance issued regarding cost-sharing waivers provided by municipally owned ambulance services
The proposed arrangement included several factors that limited risk under the civil monetary penalty laws and the Anti-Kickback Statute
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion No. 24-09, a favorable opinion regarding the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and civil monetary penalty laws (CMP) against beneficiary inducements as applied to treatment-in-place (TIP) services provided by 911 emergency services. A large county-owned emergency ambulance service supplier requested the advisory opinion.
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