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HHS-OIG Updates Its Self-Disclosure Protocol

On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated and renamed its Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP). The OIG had last updated the SDP in 2013. The update changes and...more

11/19/2021 / Anti-Kickback Statute , Civil Monetary Penalty , Corporate Integrity Agreement , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , False Claims Act (FCA) , OIG , Self-Disclosure Requirements

HHS OIG Expands the Warranties Safe Harbor to the Anti-Kickback Statute

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule that expands the extremely narrow warranties safe harbor to include bundled items and services. Consistent with other changes brought...more

12/3/2020 / Anti-Kickback Statute , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Final Rules , Health Care Providers , OIG , Safe Harbors

OIG Revises Local Transportation Safe Harbor

One of the most frustrating issues for hospitals, particularly during a public health emergency with extremely limited bed capacity, is the inability to discharge a patient in a timely manner because they do not have...more

12/3/2020 / Anti-Kickback Statute , Civil Monetary Penalty , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , Health Care Providers , OIG , Safe Harbors

Patient Engagement Tools and Supports: Analysis of the New Anti-Kickback Statute Regulatory Safe Harbor

Providers have a new tool in their toolbox to promote population health. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has adopted a new, extremely broad safe harbor that allows certain providers to give...more

12/3/2020 / ACOs , Anti-Kickback Statute , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Health Care Providers , Medical Devices , OIG , Pharmaceutical Industry , Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) , Safe Harbors

Telehealth Remains a Top Priority for Advancing Quality Health Care

Even with the prospect of Obamacare repeal and replace on the backburner for now, the federal government continues to focus on health care. Following August recess, Congress will have less than four weeks to work through...more

8/14/2017 / Affordable Care Act , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) , Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , EHR , Medicare , Medicare Part B , OIG , Telehealth

OIG Speaks to HCCA Compliance Institute

Daniel Levinson, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, kicked off the annual Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Compliance Institute in Orlando Florida this morning. ...more

4/21/2015 / Healthcare , OIG , Professional Conferences

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