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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan - What We Learned in 2023 - March 12th, 12:00 pm CT

Learning objectives - Review OIG’s work planning process - Discuss importance of, and best practices for, monitoring OIG Work Plan items - Highlight significant OIG Work Plan items from 2023 - A breakdown of work...more

Harris Beach PLLC

HHS OIG Work Plan – December Update – Audits for Medicare Emergency Codes

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In its December 18, 2023, Enforcement listserv notice, HHS’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published its Work Plan Updates for December. Although six updates were published, this article will only highlight the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 14. News Briefs: April 2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31, no. 14 (April 18, 2022) - Michigan gynecologic oncologist Vinay Malviya, M.D., has agreed to pay $775,000 to settle false claims allegations in connection with medically unnecessary...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Important Updates – What We Learned in 2021 - January 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CST

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process and work plan items - Provide practical advice for reviewing and monitoring work plan items - Highlight significant OIG Work Plan items - 2021 Year in Review ...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] 2021 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates: – Hospitals, Physician Practices, Home Health, and Hospice -...

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and monitoring... During this program, we will provide an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 15. News Briefs: April 2021 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 15 (April 19, 2021) - CMS’s supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) has added outpatient therapy claims to its list of postpayment reviews, according to its website. The SMRC,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 25. News Briefs: July 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 25 (July 13, 2020)  -  Ophthalmic Consultants PA in Sarasota, Florida, agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle false claims allegations that it billed Medicare and other federal payers...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 22. News Briefs: June 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, no. 22 (June 15, 2020): - The HHS Office of Inspector General has updated its Work Plan, and new items include opioid treatment challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. - In a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] 2020 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates – Hospitals, Physician Practices, and Home Health/Hospice - June...

Main Points Covered: - Discuss OIG Work Planning Process, Items, and other Government Reports - COVID-19 Audits, Reviews, and Monitoring - Preparing for Hotline and Whistleblower Reports...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 15. News Briefs: April 2020 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 15 (April 20, 2020) - Maury Regional Medical Center in Tennessee has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle false claims allegations over MS-DRG coding, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

HHS OIG Releases Five Work Plan Updates Related to COVID-19

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On March 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated its Work Plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The OIG Work Plan sets forth planned or ongoing agency evaluations,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Federal Compliance Guidelines – 2019 Year-End Review - December 10th, 12th, 16th, 12:00 pm CT

2019 has seen a major focus by federal departments on effective compliance programs at hospitals, clinics, and home health/hospice care. Get the OIG and other government updates you need as a compliance professional or...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 38: News Brief - October 2019 #3

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 38 (Oct. 28, 2019) - - Doctors Hospital of Augusta in Georgia agreed to pay $180,000 in a civil monetary penalty settlement over alleged violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment...more

Epstein Becker & Green

HHS-OIG Work Plan – Medicare Advantage

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Providers, plans, and vendors that provide services under the Medicare Advantage program, should be aware that the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is once again...more

Baker Donelson

OIG August 2018 Work Plan Update

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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

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OIG July 2018 Work Plan Update

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The OIG added six new items to its Work Plan in the July 2018 update. Areas addressed include HHS cybersecurity vulnerabilities, increased payments for transfer claims with outliers, oversight of funds for Access Increases in...more

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OIG November 2017 Work Plan Update

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The OIG added four items to its Work Plan with the November 2017 update, as listed on the chart below. Interestingly, three of the four new items relate to Medicaid. Hot topics include prescriptions for extreme amounts of...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: OIG Releases August Work Plan Items

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As we recently announced, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is updating its Work Plan monthly rather than its previous twice-yearly publications. The August updates released this week include 4 new Work Plan items: - ...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

The OIG 2017 Work Plan Includes Focus on Hospitals - Corridors Newsletter April 2017

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2017. The annual Work Plan provides a summary of new, revised, and continuing reviews for DHHS...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

OIG Releases 2017 Work Plan

On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

OIG Releases 2017 Work Plan

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Executive Summary - The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) published its Fiscal Year 2017 Work Plan (“2017 Plan”) on November 10, 2016. The work plan is...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Significant Hospital Related Mid-Year Updated OIG Review Activities

This is the second of three alerts discussing the mid-year update to the Fiscal Year 2016 Work Plan issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). In the first alert we discussed the top management performance challenges...more

Alston & Bird

Health Care Advisory: Highlights of the OIG’s 2016 Work Plan

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On November 2, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2016 (“2016 Work Plan”).1 The 2016 Work Plan outlines the areas of...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG Workplan Series Installment One - What Does the OIG’s 2016 Work Plan Mean for Hospitals?

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released its 2016 Work Plan. The Work Plan may offer evidence of a growing shift in the agency’s priorities, particularly with regard...more

King & Spalding

OIG Releases Mid-Year Update to its Work Plan

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On May 28, 2015, the OIG published a revised version of its Work Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. As previously reported, the original version of the FY 2015 Work Plan was published in October and summarized the OIG's ongoing...more

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