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
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
Beyond Hospice: The OIG Renews Its Scrutiny of Home Health Agencies
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Federal Criminal Aviation Cases From 2021
Hospice Audit Series: Beyond Part D, OIG Scrutinizes the Hospice Industry to the Tune of $6.6 Billion
[Podcast] Raul Ordonez on Telehealth
The OIG's Impending Review of Nationwide Hospice Eligibility Demands a Robust Response From Hospices
Rob DeConti on the Latest Guidance and Insights from the OIG at HHS
Each summer in recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and associated fraud enforcement partners have indicted many health care defendants, in multiple cases across the country. This summer continued the tradition....more
The Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have published important guidance and recommendations for pharmaceutical companies to develop and implement...more
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) is widely regarded as a powerful tool to punish fraud against the federal government. Since 1986, the federal government has recovered more than $75 billion from FCA settlements and...more
Telemedicine companies are supposed to facilitate medically necessary services to beneficiaries over the telephone via licensed medical professionals. In reality, however, many of these “telemedicine companies” are...more
Community Health Network (CHN) in Indiana has agreed to pay $345 million to settle false claims allegations that it paid over-the-top salaries to hundreds of physicians and rewarded them for their referrals in violation of...more
As the Sunshine Act reporting deadline of March 31, 2024 draws near, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for their Sunshine Act reporting. Are you prepared for a Sunshine Act audit? Reporting...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with providing objective oversight to protect the integrity and promote the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and more than...more
This favorable OIG opinion concludes that although the proposed arrangement (“Proposed Arrangement”) to subsidize Medicare cost-sharing obligations for Medicare patients in a cardiac clinical trial (“Study”) would constitute...more
From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion that explored the limits of a relatively new safe harbor to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) that aims...more
On October 25, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-08, in which it refused to approve a proposal by a manufacturer and distributor of hearing...more
In connection with the November 2023 Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference, and with acknowledgment by the Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Rob DeConti, of the long...more
In coordination with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) proposed a...more
The following is a summary of selected federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported...more
As of September 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) can officially begin enforcement against Certified Health Information Technology (“HIT”) developers, health...more
More than three years after the federal government issued rules to prohibit “information blocking,” penalties for violating those rules are taking effect. September 1 marks the first day on which certain entities may face...more
On July 3, the Department of Health, and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a final rule establishing the statutory civil money penalties created by the 21st Century Cures Act (“Cures Act”)...more
A final rule published on July 3, 2023, empowers the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to impose civil monetary penalties (CMP) of up to $1 million for unlawful acts of...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a final rule to implement its authority under the 21st Century Cures Act to investigate allegations of information blocking and...more
Our Health Care Group shares what you need to know about how the Department of Health and Human Services implemented civil monetary penalties and enforcement authority for information blocking....more
After a COVID-19-related delay, on June 27, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a long-awaited final rule that establishes monetary penalties for violations of health...more
On June 27, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its long-anticipated final rule amending the OIG’s civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulations as they relate to...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently posted the final rule establishing civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for information blocking (IB Enforcement Rule). The Rule...more
Though there has been much speculation and commentary among industry stakeholders, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have not yet begun...more
On July 3, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published its long-awaited final rule implementing the 21st Century Cures Act provisions authorizing OIG to investigate claims...more