Interstate Medical Licensure Effort Advances
It was reported in HealthLeaders Media on September 17, 2014[1] that at least 15 states are considering a revised draft…
2014 Second Quarter OIG Enforcement Actions Against Organizations That Hire Excluded Individuals
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported during the second quarter of 2014, two…
Physician Receives 15-Year Exclusion and Pays $1.5 Million
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported that the OIG will exclude Jospeh…
OIG Increases Exclusions During FY 2013
On January 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) released their…
HHS Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen Federal Background Checks
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen federal background checks by…
Medicare Exclusion Database
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented a Medicare Exclusion Database (MED). It is an online application…
OIG’s Monthly Enforcement Actions Against Organizations That Hire Excluded Individuals
In October, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported on three cases where healthcare…
OIG Upgrades Online Searching Of The List Of Excluded Entities Database
On May 8, 2013, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the “Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of…
Office of Inspector General’s Sanctions And Exclusions of Healthcare Parties
During my term as Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I instituted what is now…
What Nursing Facilities Can Do to Implement a Compliance Program
Many nursing facilities have yet to develop and implement an effective compliance program, despite the fact that the Department of…
New Problems With GSA Debarment System
The General Services Administration (GSA) sanction screening database continues to have problems for users. The GSA debarment list, previously known…
Medicaid Sanction Screening
“To obtain/maintain active enrollment status, providers may not employ or contract with individuals/entities excluded from participation in any federal health…