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Foreword

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

Douglas A. Hastings*
Affiliation:
Espstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Abstract

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2020

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4 154 F.3d 362 (7th Cir. 1998), reh 'g en banc denied, 170 F.3d 683 (7th Cir. 1999), cert, granted, 120 S. Ct. 10 (U.S. Sept. 28, 1999) (No. 98-1949).

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12 Id.

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18 64 Fed. Reg. 37985. “Notwithstanding the statutory prohibition, the OIG has given extensive consideration to whether it would be appropriate to protect individual gainsharing arrangements from OIG administrative sanctions through the issuance of favorable advisory opinions. Based on our review of a number of requests, we have concluded that they contain common elements that preclude our issuance of any favorable opinion.” Id.

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28 Annual Meeting Special Section, Health Lawyers News, Aug. 1998, at 12, 15.