CMS settled a record number of 104 Stark law self disclosures in 2022, totaling more than $9.2 million, according to a Sept. 18 JDSupra report from law firm McGuireWoods.
Here are three things to know:
1. This number of self disclosures are nearly quadruple the number of settlements in 2021.
2. According to the report, this could mean "CMS is working to review a greater number of self-disclosure submissions annually, which may reduce the backlog or the time it takes to have a self-disclosure reviewed."
3. In an analysis of CMS' addressing self disclosures, the report found that CMS appears to have increased its pace in processing self disclosures.