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OIG Finalizes Controversial Rule Updating AKS Discount Safe Harbor Applicable to Prescription Drug Rebates

[12/21/20]

Posted on December 21, 2020 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

In the closing days of the Trump administration, OIG finalized a controversial rule (the “Final Rule”) to amend the discount safe harbor (“Discount Safe Harbor”) to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), effectively changing the treatment of prescription drug rebates under the AKS. Beginning January 1, 2022,[1] certain reductions in price or other remuneration from... READ MORE

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