HHS OIG Offers Roadmap for Ambulatory Surgery Center Succession Planning

On March 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion addressing whether a physician’s proposed transfer of ownership interests in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC), as part of a bona fide estate-planning strategy, could implicate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.... By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP