DOJ and OIG Cited High-Risk Areas Are Not Compliance Officer’s Highest Priorities for 2018
2018 Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey Results Compliance Officer priorities conflict with enforcement agencies Register for Complimentary Webinar on Results SAI…
Congress Raises Concerns of Inadequate Patient Protection in Skilled Nursing Facilities
The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (the Committee) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
2017 OIG Report on Medicaid Fraud Control Units
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued its annual report on state…
OIG Reports $2.4 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Judgments and Settlements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of…
Defining Healthcare Compliance
In these times of increasing regulatory enforcement, many organizations are striving to build an effective compliance program. The starting point…
HIPAA Is Now The Highest Compliance Officer Priority
The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with 388 responding organizations.…
2018 Compliance Survey Results Relating to Hotlines
The 2018 Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with a…
Compliance Offices are Continuing to Take on More Duties
The annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey for 2018 (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services. It further…
2018 Staffing Levels For Healthcare Compliance Offices
The Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey for 2018 (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services. It was the…
OIG Testifies on the Opioid Crisis in Federal Healthcare Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) provided congressional testimony on the opioid crisis…
DOJ Granston Memorandum on Evaluating Whistleblower Cases
Michael Granston, Director of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Fraud Section, recently issued an internal “general framework” memorandum (“Granston…
Stark Laws Will Undergo Inter-Agency Review
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator recently announced plans to convene an inter-agency group to minimize the…