The Biden administration could delay or rewrite three major health-care rules issued in the final weeks of the Trump administration after their effective dates were found unlawful by a federal watchdog agency.
Two of the rules provide broad new exceptions to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, which police fraud in the health-care sector. The third rule restructures how drugmakers pay pharmacy middlemen such that the rebates can’t fluctuate based on the price of a drug.
The Government Accountability Office found all three rules violate the Congressional Review Act, which requires that major rules take effect 60 days ...