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title: "Health Law Alert"
url: https://oberhealthlaw.com/health-law-alert/
description: "Health Law Alert 2016: Issue 7 as from the archived Health Law Portal."
published: 2026-08-10
updated: 2026-08-10
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# Health Law Alert

Published 2026-08-10

2016: Issue 7

### OIG Approves Another Medigap/Preferred Hospital Network in Advisory Opinion 16-04

In Advisory Opinion 16-04, the OIG reviewed the contract between a Medigap insurer and a preferred hospital network for discounts on Medicare inpatient deductibles, and determined that the arrangement posed a low risk of fraud and abuse. Meredith Larson briefly reviews the arrangement and the OIG’s assessment under the anti-kickback statute and the civil monetary penalty prohibition against beneficiary inducement.