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Manufacturers Should Carefully Evaluate OIG’s Approval of Medicare Cost Sharing Subsidies in Clinical Trials

At the end of last year, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an Advisory Opinion (AO 23-11, the Opinion) in which OIG approved an arrangement where a medical device...more

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[Webinar] Lunch and Learn Series: A Survey of OIG’s 2022 Advisory Opinions: What They Could Mean for Your Organization - January...

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Please join us for the first Lunch and Learn of 2023, as Geoffrey Kaiser and Jeffrey Ehrhardt present on the OIG. The program will: 1. Discuss select Advisory Opinions from last year on a variety of topics,...more

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OIG Advisory Opinion Highlights Further Concerns for Patient Assistance Programs

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Patient assistance programs (PAPs) that seek to subsidize patient co-payments for drugs covered by Medicare may involve compliance challenges. A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...more

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OIG Nixes Pharmaceutical Cost-Sharing Subsidy Program Under AKS

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In Advisory Opinion No. 20-05, posted September 23, 2020, OIG was unwilling to approve a pharmaceutical company's proposed cost-sharing subsidy program for beneficiaries seeking to use its expensive new drug for treatment of...more

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OIG denies proposed manufacturer-sponsored copay support program for Medicare beneficiaries

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On September 23, the HHS OIG published Advisory Opinion No. 20-05, advising that OIG found “highly suspect” a manufacturer’s proposal to create a copay subsidy program to help certain financially eligible Medicare...more

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OIG Rescinds Advisory Opinion

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the OIG), on November 28, 2017, issued a Rescission Letter terminating Advisory Opinion Number 06-04 (Advisory Opinion 06-04). In Advisory Opinion...more

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OIG Approves Transportation Assistance Program

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On October 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), issued an advisory opinion approving a local health care district’s proposal to cooperate with another district to...more

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August 2015 Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies’ Aviation-Related Regulatory Actions

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This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update discusses DOT’s launch of an investigation of alleged price gouging by airlines following Amtrak train service disruption in the Northeast Corridor, the agency’s...more

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OIG Approves Subsidies to Medicare Beneficiaries Provided by a Clinical Research Study

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On May 28, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion approving a medical device manufacturer’s proposed arrangement to provide subsidies to certain...more

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Health Reform + Related Health Policy News - October 2013 - Issue 3

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In This Issue: - Top News ..Deal to Raise Debt Ceiling, End Shutdown Yields No Major Changes to Health Care Law ..Problems with HealthCare.gov Website Continue; HHS Working to Fix Issues ..Kaiser Study...more

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