HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: David Beats Goliath
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 10: Anti-Kickback Compliance for Hospice and Skilled Nursing Providers
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 7: OIG Report Reveals Gaps in Hospice PRF Compliance: What Providers Need to Know
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
Episode 280 -- Healthcare Compliance and Fraud
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
On July 1, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-08, concluding that a medical device manufacturer’s proposed payment to access a...more
On Wednesday, July 2, 2025, HHS and DOJ announced a new working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). According to the announcement, the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group (“Working Group”) is a...more
In today’s healthcare environment, compliance with federal regulations is more than a legal necessity—it’s a cornerstone of ethical and sustainable practice management. Two of the most critical laws that medical practices...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Center for Clinical Standards and Quality recently announced upcoming changes to skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) profiles on the Medicare Care Compare website. Care...more
On July 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen “their ongoing collaboration to advance...more
On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a favorable advisory opinion concerning a proposed telehealth staffing and services arrangement involving a management...more
On June 30, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted Advisory Opinion 25-05 (AO 25-05) to its website....more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-08 (Opinion) on July 7, 2025, highlighting the limitations of the often-leveraged Personal Services and...more
On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03 (Opinion), which provided favorable guidance for physician practices seeking to contract with...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced the next phase of the Administration’s “Whole-of-Government” approach to fighting health care...more
Key Points - - The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) has issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-04 (AO 25-04), its first advisory opinion of the year addressing a proposed arrangement...more
n a July 2, 2025, press release, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new “DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group” (the Working Group) and identified multiple priority enforcement efforts for the Working Group to...more
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) issued a Listserv Notice on June 26, 2025 advising that its Compliance Program Reviews (“CPRs”) beginning after July 1, 2025, will use a 12-month Review...more
On June 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-04, in which it declined to approve a proposal by a medical device company (Requestor) to pay the...more
On June 6, 2025, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the “Opinion”), offering guidance for structuring telehealth collaborations in a manner that complies with the federal Anti-Kickback...more
In November 2024, the Office of Inspector General at Health and Human Services released its Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance. The document is part of an effort to modernize how HHS OIG...more
The independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Federal Reserve System (FRS) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating the bureau’s workforce reductions and its canceled contracts, according...more
On June 25, 2025, the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a short video containing the highlights of the Medicaid Fraud Control Units (“MFCUs”) Annual...more
Welcome to the seventh issue of Health Headlines, a newsletter created by lawyers in our Healthcare practice. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 383 into law, placing new restrictions on pharmacy benefit...more
On June 6, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-03, providing important guidance for telehealth organizations and management services organizations...more
On this Ropes & Gray podcast, health care partner Michael Lampert and counsel Sam Perrone are joined by litigation & enforcement partner Andrew O’Connor for a two-part discussion, with this first episode focused on recent...more
If you’re trying to strengthen your organization’s compliance program, one of the most important recommendations from the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) General Compliance Program Guidance is to integrate quality and...more
On June 13, 2025, OIG announced the results of an audit it conducted of 30 hospitals that received provider relief fund (PRF) payments during COVID-19 (the Audit). OIG found that 11 of the 30 audited hospitals failed to...more
Join us for our annual Health Law Seminar taking place on Thursday, July 24. We’ll dig into the latest legal and business issues shaping the health care industry. Our attorneys and guest speakers, including a former Office...more