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HHS OIG Issues Report on Hospice General Inpatient Care Billing

by Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 5/9/2013

Report makes no formal recommendations, but OIG notes that lengths of stay and frequency of general inpatient care are issues requiring further scrutiny....more

Intermountain Healthcare Settlement – Dangers Of Hospital Agreements With Physicians

by Michael Volkov on 4/30/2013

Hospitals continue to be under the Department of Justice-HHS/Office of Inspector General microscope. DOJ-OIG is a potent combination and carry with them the threat of criminal prosecution, civil false claims enforcement and...more

CMS and OIG Propose Changes to the Electronic Health Records Exception and Safe Harbor

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 4/25/2013

On April 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published parallel proposed rules revising, respectively, the Stark...more

OIG Releases Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol

by King & Spalding on 4/24/2013

On April 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (Protocol) that supersedes and replaces the protocol published in the...more

The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About The OIG’S Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Laurence Freedman, Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld | Patton Boggs LLP on 4/23/2013

On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an updated Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) governing the process by which health care providers can...more

OIG Special Fraud Alert Labels Physician-Owned Distributorships (PODs) as “Inherently Suspect”

by Dennis Diaz, Sarah S. Fallows | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/22/2013

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) issued a Special Fraud Alert (“Alert”) on March 26, underscoring its heightened focus on fraud and abuse risks posed by physician-owned...more

HHS Extends Sunset Date for Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for EHR Donations

by Daniel F. Gottlieb | McDermott Will & Emery on 4/19/2013

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed rules that would extend the sunset date for the Stark Law exception and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute safe...more

HHS Office of Inspector General Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/19/2013

On April 17, 2013, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) released an Updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (“SDP”). The Updated SDP replaces OIG’s original Provider...more

HHS OIG Issues Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

by Holly Barker, Albert Shay, Howard Young | Morgan Lewis on 4/18/2013

OIG touts substantial benefits of disclosing, provides greater detail for different types of disclosures, and captures 15 years of OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol experience....more

Health Care Reform Update -- April 15, 2013

by Joseph P. Hammang, Alexander Hecht, Tom Koutsoumpas, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Robert C. Skinner | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/16/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings and...more

CMS, OIG Propose to Extend EHR Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor

by King & Spalding on 4/16/2013

On April 10, 2013, CMS and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) each published proposed rules to extend the sunset dates for the Stark exception and anti-kickback statute safe harbor permitting donations of EHR software...more

OIG Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Distributorships

by James Henry, Kristen A. Larremore | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/16/2013

On March 26, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert entitled “Physician-Owned Entities.” The Alert is consistent with an ongoing theme of concern...more

OIG Proposes Amendments to the Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor

by Paul Koob, Dee Spagnuolo | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/11/2013

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services announced and solicited comments to proposed rule changes to the Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor (EHRSH) under the federal...more

$25.5 Million Settlement Agreement Reached Between Intermountain Health Care, Inc. and the United States Based on Self Disclosure...

by King & Spalding on 4/11/2013

On April 3, 2013, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Intermountain Health Care, Inc. (Intermountain) entered into a settlement agreement resolving Intermountain’s potential liability under the Stark Law and False Claims Act....more

CMS and OIG Propose Extension of Federal Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Record Donations

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/11/2013

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services published complementary proposed rules in the...more

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HHS OIG Issues Report on Hospice General Inpatient Care Billing

Intermountain Healthcare Settlement – Dangers Of Hospital Agreements With Physicians

CMS and OIG Propose Changes to the Electronic Health Records Exception and Safe Harbor

OIG Releases Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol

The Top 10 Things You Need To Know About The OIG’S Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

OIG Special Fraud Alert Labels Physician-Owned Distributorships (PODs) as “Inherently Suspect”

HHS Extends Sunset Date for Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for EHR Donations

HHS Office of Inspector General Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol

HHS OIG Issues Revised Self-Disclosure Protocol

Health Care Reform Update -- April 15, 2013

CMS, OIG Propose to Extend EHR Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor

OIG Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Distributorships

OIG Proposes Amendments to the Electronic Health Records Safe Harbor

$25.5 Million Settlement Agreement Reached Between Intermountain Health Care, Inc. and the United States Based on Self Disclosure...

CMS and OIG Propose Extension of Federal Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Record Donations

Hospitals and Doctors Beware: OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Entities

OIG Places Fraud and Abuse Spotlight on Physician-Owned Entities

OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert on Physician-Owned Distributorships (PODs)

OIG Issues Updated Guidelines on State False Claims Laws

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