Stark Law, AKS, and Healthcare M&A: Transactional Considerations, Safe Harbors and Exceptions, Recent Enforcement Action - Strafford Webinars

John Washlick, shareholder in the firm's Healthcare section, presents "Stark Law, AKS, and Healthcare M&A: Transactional Considerations, Safe Harbors and Exceptions, Recent Enforcement Action" in a Strafford CLE video webinar. 

This CLE course guides healthcare counsel through applying the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) regulations to healthcare transactions and M&A. The course is also intended to serve as a resource for healthcare officers and organizations contemplating the viability of various business considerations, and the potential risks presented, including but not limited to corporate structuring and restructuring, provider and services agreements, and physician ownership in entities offering ancillary services revenues. The panel discusses how the Stark Law and AKS impact healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and others in healthcare deals, as well as lessons learned from recent enforcement activity and offer best practices for compliance. 

When structuring M&A transactions in the healthcare industry, healthcare organizations must be aware of, and healthcare counsel must understand and carefully navigate, the myriad of (often non-intuitive) federal and state statutes that apply to the healthcare industry including the Stark Law and AKS.

Counsel to parties doing healthcare deals must ensure compliance, as the penalties for violations can be severe. Healthcare organizations must ensure arrangements with physicians are appropriate and be cognizant of the importance of compliance with the Stark Law and AKS. Counsel to healthcare M&A deals will need to review regulatory considerations, including compliance with the Stark Law and AKS and state law equivalents, among other things.

The webinar reviews these and other key issues:

• The "Big 3"--fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and volume/value standards
• AKS safe harbors and Stark Law exceptions
• Best practices for compliance