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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently posted a revised Work Plan for…

The role of the Board in providing oversight of compliance programs is growing.  The Department of Health and Human Services…

During my term as the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Inspector General, I instituted what has become the…

At times it appears that the government focuses its enforcement actions against institutional providers rather than individual providers such as…

On April 20, 2015, Dan Levinson, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG), announced the issuance…

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 15-04 stating that a…

A Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) outlines agreed upon obligations, as part of a civil settlement, made in exchange for the…

A high percentage of the Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) negotiated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office…

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has negotiated hundreds of Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs).  Under a CIA, a provider or…

Compliance Offices must contend with a host of competing external regulatory requirements and internal demands. In order to meet these…

The rise in enforcement actions focused on health care fraud by the Department of Justice (DOJ) has led to an…