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Office of the Inspector General Patient Access

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

OIG Issues Unfavorable Opinion About Bundling Free Items with Reimbursable Services

On Oct. 25, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued an unfavorable opinion in response to a manufacturer’s proposal to offer and provide a free compatible...more

King & Spalding

OIG Publishes Strategic Plan for Managed Care Oversight on New Featured Webpage

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On August 28, 2023, OIG released a new webpage on managed care oversight, which features the HHS-OIG Strategic Plan for Oversight of Managed Care for Medicare and Medicaid. OIG has designated oversight of managed care as a...more

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Enforcement of Information Blocking Penalties in Health Care IT Begins

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On September 1, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) will begin enforcing information blocking penalties against certain health care information technology (IT) actors as published...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Medical Flights for Patient Access

On Thursday, February 23, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued its first Advisory Opinion (“AO”) of the new year – OIG AO No. 23-01 – permitting a drug...more

Burr & Forman

The DOJ Continues to Scrutinize Telemedicine

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Telemedicine saw a dramatic increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released in December 2021, showed an increase in Medicare telemedicine visits...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Creates New Telehealth Resources Webpage

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently created a new webpage related to telehealth. The purpose of the webpage is to summarize the OIG’s telehealth oversight work to provide a summary of its findings and...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG: Telehealth “Critical” to Maintaining Access to Care Amidst COVID-19

The federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report (OIG Report) as part of a series of analyses of the expansion and utilization of telehealth in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.  In...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG’s First Advisory Opinion of 2022 Allows for Expansion of Discount Programs

On January 19, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 22-01 (the “Opinion”), analyzing a proposed expansion of...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Tele-Tuesday: OIG Clarifies Stance on Telehealth Fraud Scrutiny

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal regulators have grown increasingly concerned about the use of telehealth technologies by...more

Baker Donelson

No Time to Rest: HHS Marches Ahead with Interoperability and Information Blocking Updates

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On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a series of announcements signaling its intention to finalize and enforce certain aspects of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Cures Act...more

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21st Century Cures Act - HIPAA & Other Privacy Considerations

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On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act (the Cures Act) into law. The Cures Act addresses a wide range of healthcare topics including clinical research, treatment of mental health and substance...more

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