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January 16, 2026   
Health Law Weekly

OIG Allows Cost-Sharing Waiver for Commercially Insured Patients for Lab Test

  • January 16, 2026

A laboratory test manufacturer may waive applicable cost sharing for certain commercially insured patients who receive the test because such arrangement would not generate prohibited remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) or Beneficiary Inducements CMP, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in an advisory opinion posted January 16.

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