In the Congressional Appropriations Act passed in December 2022, Congress adopted a new Stark exception and Anti-Kickback safe harbor for wellness programs for physicians and other clinicians. Specifically, the new law provides that counseling, mental health services, suicide and substance abuse prevention programs offered by hospitals and other providers with a formal medical staff will not violate the Stark law or Anti-Kickback Statute so long as the are set out in a board-approved policy that meets five specific elements described in the statute.

Join HortySpringer Partners Henry Casale and Dan Mulholland on this new Health Law Expressions podcast episode as they explain the new law and what you should do to take advantage of it.