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The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), is one of the most important healthcare laws in the United States, affecting stakeholders across the healthcare industry. Lawmakers designed the AKS to protect patients and federal healthcare programs from financial conflicts of interest, and they drafted it broadly to give regulators powerful enforcement authority.

With heightened U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) enforcement, increased whistleblower activity, and the rapid growth of telehealth, private equity-backed platforms, and value-based care models, understanding AKS risk is essential, whether you’re structuring an acquisition, negotiating c