OIG Releases Spring 2013 Semiannual Report
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Spring 2013 Semiannual Report…
OIG Issues Final Rule Permitting FFP in MFCUs Data Mining
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule to allow Federal financial…
OIG Revises the Self-Disclosure Protocol
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a revised Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP). The…
OIG Releases Revised Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol
On April 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a revised Provider…
OIG Releases Report on SNFs Deficiencies Related to Care and Discharge Planning Requirements
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a study related to skilled nursing facilities’…
OIG Releases Fall 2012 Semiannual Report to Congress
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Fall 2012 Semiannual Report…
OIG Publishes the Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released the 2012 Edition of the…
OIG Finds Excluded Individuals Employed by Medicaid Managed Care Entities
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report concerning excluded individuals in Medicaid…
Massachusetts Provider Enters into a $1.5 Million Settlement with HHS for HIPAA Violations
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Incorporated (MEEI) settled with the Department of Health and…
OIG Solicits Comments to Revise Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a notice seeking public comments on the…
OIG Warns to Exercise Caution When Physicians Reassign Medicare Billing Rights.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently alerted physicians to exercise caution when…
Senate Requests Quarterly Updates on Fraud, Waste and Abuse from the OIG and CMS.
The Senate Finance Committee recently released a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General…