Herschman Gary W
Health and Hospital Law Practice Group, Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C., Newark, N.J., USA.
Healthc Financ Manage. 2004 Mar;58(3):76-80.
Three recent advisory opinions issued by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) provide insight into how the OIG is likely to view a proposal by a hospital and physicians to develop a jointly owned ambulatory surgical center (ASC). In assessing whether the proposed ASC meets the 13 requirements to qualify for the ASC safe harbor under federal fraud and abuse law, the OIG will likely insist that the arrangement strictly comply with some requirements, such as the one defining the necessary characteristics of physician owners, while allowing more leeway in compliance with others.
美国卫生与公众服务部监察长办公室（OIG）近期发布的三项咨询意见，为了解OIG如何看待医院和医生联合提议设立一家门诊手术中心（ASC）提供了线索。在评估拟议中的ASC是否符合联邦欺诈与滥用法下ASC安全港资格的13项要求时，OIG可能会坚持该安排严格遵守某些要求，比如界定医生所有者必要特征的要求，而在遵守其他要求方面则给予更多灵活性。
