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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Marketing Possibilities for Vendors Contracted with Medicare Providers and Suppliers Following OIG’s Favorable Advisory...

On December 28, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) issued a favorable Advisory Opinion (No. 23-15) (the “Opinion”) to a consulting vendor (the “Requestor”) that wanted to provide up to $75 in gift cards to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2024 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 29th - 30th, Coronado, CA

Explore the unique issues that are pertinent to managed care professionals! This annual event dedicated to compliance management for health plan providers is returning to an in-person format for 2024. Join your peers and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion for Free Genetic Testing and Counseling Program Offered by a Pharmaceutical Company

On April 11, 2022, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-06 (AO 22-06), which approved a biopharmaceutical company’s proposed arrangement to...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIG Approves Manufacturer’s Offer of Free Genetic Testing

The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently published an Advisory Opinion in which it concluded that the provision of free genetic testing and counseling services by a...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

The Anti-Kickback Statute and its Implications on Medical Practices

The Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) protects healthcare beneficiaries from the influence of money in their medical decision-making. Overall, the AKS criminalizes renumeration “intended to induce patient referrals or influence the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Academic Medical Center Settles Case Over Excluded Person Who Was Both Employee, Vendor

Report on Medicare Compliance 31, no. 2 (January 17, 2022) - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc., an academic medical center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has entered into a settlement with the HHS Office of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2022 Managed Care Compliance Conference - January 30th - February 1st, Phoenix, AZ

Attend our annual event for those who manage compliance at health plan providers. Explore topics and issues that are pertinent to industry professionals like you. Learn the latest practices, share strategies, and connect with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

VA Vendors Beware: Mind the Company You Keep; It’s Time for a Compliance Checkup

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) acquisitions are about to get a lot more attention – from the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and possibly Congress, as well. The U.S. Government...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Questions Remain for the EHR Industry as a Second EHR Vendor, Greenway Health, Settles False Claims Act Allegations

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On February 6, 2019, the DOJ announced a settlement agreement with Greenway Health, a vendor of EHR software, under which Greenway agreed to pay approximately $57 million to resolve allegations that it caused its health care...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

OIG Disapproves of Drug Company’s Plan to Provide Hospitals Free Medications in Advisory Opinion

On November 16, 2018, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) posted an unfavorable Advisory Opinion No. 18-14 regarding an arrangement where a vendor (Requestor) of a commonly...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Health Care Investigation Trends: Corporate Integrity Agreements No Longer a Given

2017 was slightly above average for new corporate integrity agreements (CIAs), with 46 entered into by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and companies and individuals...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OIG report finds CFPB can strengthen conflict of interest controls related to vendor activities

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The Office of Inspector General for the Fed and CFPB has issued a report on the results of an evaluation it conducted to determine whether the CFPB effectively mitigates the risk of potential conflicts of interest associated...more

McDermott Will & Emery

OCR Explains How Information Blocking Violates HIPAA

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights recently posted guidance clarifying that a business associate such as an information technology vendor generally may not block or terminate access by a...more

Cozen O'Connor

The “Other” Safe Harbor: OIG Warns Healthcare Providers and Vendors Against Information Blocking and Federal Anti-Kickback...

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For those of us who work in the privacy and security space this past week has been a whirlwind with focus on the ramifications of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

As GSA FAS Struggles To Reinvent Itself; Contractors Suffer

The last year has been a tough one for the GSA Multiple Award Schedules (“MAS”) program. The Federal Acquisition Service (“FAS”) – the agency charged with administering the MAS program – has struggled to re-invent itself and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DoD Inspector General Publishes List of Postaward Fraud Indicators

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On July 29, 2015, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Defense published on its website new “Contract Audit Fraud Scenario and Indicators for Material Pricing Deficiencies in a Postaward Audit.” While...more

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