"[HHS] clarified that health coverage obtained through the exchanges were not considered 'federal health care programs' with respect to the Anti-Kickback Statute.... Members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee released a bipartisan discussion draft proposal ... [that] would permanently repeal the SGR update mechanism, reform the fee for service payment system, encourage participation in alternative payment models, and provide performance-based incentive payments to physicians and other health care professionals."  MORE >>