On Thursday, October 26, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler Partner Robert Hussar will present Recent OMIG Updates. The program will take place from 12 noon to...more
On Monday, October 2, 2023, the New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published its Annual Report for 2022. The Report details the various efforts that New York’s Medicaid program undertook in 2022 to...more
On August 21, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) issued updated guidance regarding its Self-Disclosure Program (Updated Guidance). In the final days of 2022, New York’s Department of...more
The New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) recently announced updates to its Self-Disclosure Program in response to feedback from Medicaid stakeholders after its revised posting in January 2023. OMIG revised...more
It is axiomatic that New York State requires every Medicaid provider to have an “effective” compliance program. New York Social Services Law § 363-d. In July 2022, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General...more
The Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) yesterday released a companion to its long-standing self-disclosure program to allow providers an abbreviated process for self- disclosure for routine or transactional errors....more
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) announced March 30 it will host provider engagement forums in Albany, Rochester and New York City seeking comments and recommendations from health care...more
On December 28, 2022, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) finalized the proposed rule published on July 13, 2022, that significantly revises the provider and Medicaid managed care organization...more
On January 31, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) released three guidance documents to assist Medicaid providers in meeting the requirements of recently adopted regulations governing (i)...more
On the heels of publishing their final regulations, on January 31, the New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) released a variety of guidance documents addressing compliance programs; self-disclosure; and...more
Please join us on February 9 as Partner Bob Hussar and Associates Ashley Algazi and Mary Connolly present on OMIG’s finalized regulations. On December 28th, the Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) released their...more
Effective Dec. 28, 2022, the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General’s (OMIG) revised Part 521 compliance regulations became effective. First proposed in July 2022 for review and comment, only minor, technical changes to the...more
Please join us for the December Lunch and Learn with Benjamin Malerba and Benjamin Wisher. The pair will discuss recent audits, investigations and actions of government agencies including DOJ, MFCU, OMIG, the NY AG and...more
On July 13, 2022, the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published proposed rules in the New York State Register to implement provisions of the State Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Enacted Budget and the...more
On July 13, the Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published proposed regulations implementing 2020 changes to law relating to provider compliance programs, Medicaid managed care fraud, waste and abuse prevention...more
On May 13, 2021, Rivkin Radler Partner, and former OMIG First Deputy, Robert Hussar kicked off Rivkin Radler’s new Healthcare Compliance Lunch and Learn Series. He interviewed Frank T. Walsh, Jr., who offered his first public...more
Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more
The Medicaid system in New York state has received a great deal of attention over the past few months – pinpointed as cause for over $2 billion of New York State’s staggering $6 billion deficit. While Governor Cuomo blamed...more
Governor Cuomo’s plan to reform Medicaid has given local governments, municipalities and healthcare providers a little glimpse into how he plans to address issues related to New York state’s budget deficit. First, the...more
The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) recently published guidance affecting compliance program certifications each December. Effective this year, the “Certifying Official,” i.e., the person who submits the...more
Latest Healthcare False Claims Act Roundup and Top 3 Best Practices to Reduce Exposure - As the legal landscape in healthcare becomes increasingly complex, healthcare companies that receive federal program funds face...more