Reproduced with permission from BNA's Health Care Fraud Report, 14 HFRA 307 (Apr. 7, 2010). Copyright 2010 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) www.bna.com

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Disclosure and transparency issues are central to the new fraud and abuse provisions in the recently signed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, and providers and suppliers can expect new compliance burdens, Richard P. Kusserow, chief executive officer of Strategic Management, Alexandria, Va., told BNA.

The reconciliation bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, was signed March 25 and became Pub. L. 111-152 (see related item in BNA Insights.

“There is going to be a real increase in work for providers and suppliers to develop programs to meet the disclosure standards, such as mandated compliance programs,” Kusserow said. “You're creating an affirmative duty to disclose.”

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