OIG finalizes wide-ranging amendments to civil monetary penalties regulations and anti-kickback statute safe harbors

Local Transportation Two different types of free or discounted transport are protected - individual transport (as OIG informally calls "more personalized" transportation) and shuttle services - each regardless of financial need.4 The most significant aspect of the safe harbor is that it applies to all individuals and entities, except those that "primarily supply health care items," such as pharmaceutical manufacturers and durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers. [...]the safe harbor not only includes entities such as hospitals, health plans, and clinically integrated networks but also laboratories and home health agencies, which OIG stated in the proposed rule that it was considering excluding from protection.