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DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: June 2024 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment... In today’s edition, they discuss: - US DOL Inspector General’s Office Scheduled...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. In This Month’s E-News: February 2023

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. (January 2023) -Hired under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), staff referred to as IPAs assist the National Science Foundation (NSF) as temporary directors,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Analysis of Recent OIG Advisory Opinion on Employment of Excluded Individuals

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 22-11 (the “Opinion”), analyzing the proposed employment of an individual...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Regarding Home Health Agency’s Proposal to Pay Tuition Costs for New Employees

On February 14, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-03 (Advisory Opinion) regarding a home health agency’s (Requestor) proposal to pay nurse aide certification tuition costs on behalf of...more

Dentons

Record Checks: Pre-hire Isn't the Only Record Check You Need

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Prospective employees at a healthcare facility are subject to a significant number of record checks as part of the post-offer and pre-employment process. Employers are required to do a SING check, which incorporates a review...more

Baker Donelson

OIG's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities – What Employers Need to Know

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OIG maintains a list of all currently excluded individuals and entities called the "List of Excluded Individuals/Entities," or LEIE. Covered entities that hire – or continue to employ or work with – an individual or entity on...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update Newsletter - April 2019 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a notification of the availability of a white paper regarding the revision of its size standards methodology and explaining how it establishes,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Former Medicaid Auditor for D.C. Government Permitted to Proceed with FCA Retaliation Claim

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The Federal District Court for the District of Columbia recently ruled that a former director of Medicaid audits in Washington D.C. can proceed with retaliation claims alleging he was fired for trying to stop his former...more

Polsinelli

Most States Delayed in Implementing Long-Term Care Background Check Program, OIG Finds

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The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) recent report found significant delays in states’ implementation of a background check program for long-term care employees. Because the interplay between Ban the Box laws and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OIG report finds deficiencies in CFPB hiring processes

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In a new report on the CFPB’s hiring processes, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Fed and CFPB found that the CFPB’s Office of Human Capital (OHC) did not always follow established hiring controls. For example,...more

Jackson Walker

Employing Excluded Individuals a Continuing Risk to Providers

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Since June 1st, two different skilled nursing facilities in Texas have settled cases with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) involving the employment of individuals...more

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