Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
OMG. . .The OIG is at it Again
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Navigating GSA Audits Compliance Strategies and Best Practices
DE Under 3: US DOL Inspector General’s Office Report Cites IT Modernization & Security Concerns
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
Heed Caution: Takeaways From the OIG's Advance Care Planning Report
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
UPIC Report Card: The OIG’s Evaluation of the UPICs Provides Insight Into the Future of Hospice Audits
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series | Pulling the Strings: New OIG Audits Scrutinize How Hospices Used Provider Relief Funds
Beyond Hospice: And They’re Off! The OIG’s Nationwide Review of Hospice Eligibility Has Begun
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program FY 2021 Report
Beyond Hospice: The OIG Renews Its Scrutiny of Home Health Agencies
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Federal Criminal Aviation Cases From 2021
Hospice Audit Series: Beyond Part D, OIG Scrutinizes the Hospice Industry to the Tune of $6.6 Billion
[Podcast] Raul Ordonez on Telehealth
The OIG's Impending Review of Nationwide Hospice Eligibility Demands a Robust Response From Hospices
Rob DeConti on the Latest Guidance and Insights from the OIG at HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion highlighting two important—if easy to overlook—areas that health care companies and providers should remain...more
The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently issued yet another favorable Advisory Opinion on the use of gift cards to motivate patients to receive medically necessary or...more
On December 19, 2022, OIG released its annual report analyzing Medicare Part B spending on laboratory tests over the past year. According to OIG, Medicare Part B spending on laboratory tests increased 17% from $8.0 billion in...more
As the year comes to a close, the government has signaled a specific focus on clinical laboratories for 2023. On December 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued...more
The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently published an Advisory Opinion in which it concluded that the provision of free genetic testing and counseling services by a...more
The tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic is something we all agree we wish we could have avoided. However, the fact of the matter is that many respiratory and clinical labs have seen a boon to their bottom line due to the...more
The Justice Department, in coordination with HHS-OIG and the FBI recently announced the arrest and prosecution of 35 individuals for a massive genetic testing fraud scheme involving dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer...more
The OIG added 12 new items to its Work Plan in the August 2018 update. Hot topics related to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) oversight in this month's Work Plan include: state oversight of opioids; potential...more
A clinical laboratory has received a green light from CMS to offer pop-up notifications alerting physicians of various potential issues (Laboratory Alerts) through its web-based portal for ordering and reporting results of...more