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Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance

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Compliance gets a dust off with the new General Compliance Program Guidance released by the federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in November 2023. While there is a lot to digest, Husch Blackwell’s Josi Wergin and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 11, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q2

AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more

Baker Donelson

Electronic Visit Verification: What Personal Care Services and Home Health Care Services Providers Need to Know

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In April 2022, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced in an OIG Work Plan update that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be auditing how states implement their electronic visit verification...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New York Office of Medicaid Inspector General Proposes Regulations on Medicaid Provider Compliance Programs

The New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published proposed regulations in the July 13, 2022 issue of the New York State Register. The proposed regulations would repeal the current Part 521 - Provider...more

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Beyond Hospice: The OIG Renews Its Scrutiny of Home Health Agencies

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As many hospices continue to diversify into new business lines, staying abreast of enforcement trends outside of hospice is more important than ever. Home health in particular, is receiving significant government scrutiny. In...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 18. News Briefs: May 2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 18 (May 16, 2022) - In a new report, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said 25% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced patient harm (adverse events and temporary harm events)...more

Maynard Nexsen

SMRC Targets for 2022: After Heavy Focus on Hospice, the SMRC Moves On to Home Health and Other Projects

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The Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (“SMRC”) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor authorized to conduct nationwide medical reviews (Medicare Part A, Part B, and DME). As many in the...more

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OIG Planning Nationwide Audit of Hospice Eligibility – What You Should Know

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced its Office of Audit Services plans to conduct a nationwide review of hospice eligibility, focusing on those Medicare hospice beneficiaries who haven't had an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Important Updates – What We Learned in 2021 - January 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CST

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process and work plan items - Provide practical advice for reviewing and monitoring work plan items - Highlight significant OIG Work Plan items - 2021 Year in Review ...more

King & Spalding

OIG Determines That an Online Platform to Search for Home-Based Health Care Providers is Not Subject to Sanctions

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On December 16, 2021, OIG issued an advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion No. 21-20) to a requestor (Requestor) regarding a proposal to create an online search platform for users to find and contact home-based health care...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] 2021 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates: – Hospitals, Physician Practices, Home Health, and Hospice -...

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and monitoring... During this program, we will provide an...more

Saul Ewing LLP

OIG Announces Seven Telehealth Audits

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When the COVID-19 pandemic began, no one imagined that it was here to stay for more than a year and counting! Many thought it would take at most a couple of months for the outbreak to resolve and the stay-at-home orders,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 8. News Briefs: March 2021

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 8 (March 1, 2021) - According to a CMS spokesperson, “CMS has not yet determined when Targeted Probe and Educate reviews will resume.” Meanwhile, “CMS continues to temporarily pause...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

OIG Has Seven (Yes Seven!) Different National Telemedicine Audits

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Companies who feel the Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers and exceptions have rendered telemedicine “immune” from compliance oversight might be surprised to learn what federal regulators have in the works. The Office of...more

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DOJ Announces First Criminal Prosecution For Misuse Of COVID-19 Relief Funds Dedicated To Health Care Providers

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The Justice Department has widened its crackdown on COVID-19 fraud, announcing the first criminal case alleging misuse of federal relief funds designated for medical providers. The egregious nature of the alleged fraud and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 7. News Briefs: February 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 7 (February 22, 2021) - A Michigan woman is the first in the nation to be charged criminally with misappropriating money from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the Department of Justice...more

Baker Donelson

OIG Permits Medicaid Enrollment Application Assistance for SNF and HHA Patients

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On December 23, 2020, the OIG published Advisory Opinion 20-06, concluding that it would not impose penalties or sanctions under either the beneficiary inducement prohibitions of the civil monetary penalty statute (CMP) or...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG to Audit Telehealth Services Provided During Pandemic by Part B and Home Health Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently updated its 2021 Work Plan in January to include audits of Medicare Part B and home health telehealth services by OIG’s Office...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Other Shoe Drops: OIG To Audit COVID-19 Telehealth Home Health Services

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency (the “PHE”) first declared on March 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued blanket Section 1135 Waivers to expand, albeit on a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 43. News Briefs: December 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 43 (December 7, 2020) - In a new provider compliance audit, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said The Palace at Home, a for-profit home health care agency (HHA) in Miami,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG to Initiate New Hospice Investigations and Audits

More than one year after two major hospice reports raised concerns ranging from billing to patient safety, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) continues its review of the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

With Telehealth on OIG Work Plan, Beware Pitfalls; CMS Proposes HHA Telehealth Past PHE

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 25 (July 13, 2020)  - When a physician’s telehealth visit with a Medicare patient on FaceTime cut out after five minutes, they shifted to an audio-only visit, with the physician and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] 2020 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates – Hospitals, Physician Practices, and Home Health/Hospice - June...

Main Points Covered: - Discuss OIG Work Planning Process, Items, and other Government Reports - COVID-19 Audits, Reviews, and Monitoring - Preparing for Hotline and Whistleblower Reports...more

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