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3 Apr 2023, 6:44 am
.) -- determining that plaintiff was not required to submit a separate request to the agency’s Office of Inspector General concerning COVID measures in immigration facilities (including complaints and grievances), but rather that agency’s Privacy Office should have forwarded plaintiff’s request to OIG based on nature of the request or, at the very least, after clear leads developed during agency’s search that OIG likely maintained responsive records. [read post]
1 Apr 2023, 3:00 am
The SBA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with investigating potential fraud, waste, and abuse related to these programs. [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 1:24 pm
.) -- ruling that: (1) Office of Inspector General’s declaration did not adequately explain agency’s search methodology in response to request for complaints concerning plaintiff’s company; and (2) OIG’s declaration did not sufficiently address whether responsive records withheld under Exemptions 7(A) and 7(C) were compiled for law enforcement purposes; and (3) agency properly invoked Exemption 6 to withhold employee names, email addresses, and signatures, but it did… [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 7:30 pm
Cigna-HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company (“CIGNA”) earned poor marks for its administration of various Medicare Advantage contracts in compliance with Federal requirements in recent Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) audits. [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 7:10 am
Inflation Reduction Act: What is the Impact on Healthcare Providers? [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 7:10 am
Inflation Reduction Act: What is the Impact on Healthcare Providers? [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 6:00 pm
HHS (D.D.C.) determining that HHS OIG performed adequate search for records underlying co-plaintiff’s indictment for health care fraud and distribution of controlled substances; (2) even though portion of co-plaintiff’s request was too vague, HHS failed to follow agency regulation requiring agency to clarify request; and (3) criticizing pro se plaintiffs for repeatedly violating numerous rules and Court orders with respect to their litigation filings.Immigrant Legal Advocacy… [read post]
22 Mar 2023, 2:36 pm
22 Mar 2023, 11:34 am
In the 2022 annual report on the state Medicaid Fraud Control Units, HHS-OIG reported that state anti-fraud efforts recovered $1.1 billion, which amounted to over three dollars recovered for every dollar spent. [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 6:07 am
According to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) there were more than 1,000 open investigations into patient abuse or neglect at skilled nursing facilities at the end of 2022. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 2:51 pm
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have already turned their attention towards fraudulent telemedicine schemes, resulting in criminal charges and administrative actions against dozens of providers. [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 12:43 pm
The ethics officials responsible for enforcement must explain to OIG and the public why they allowed employees to hold stocks in FCC licensed telecommunications and computer companies in apparent violation of the law. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 7:22 am
” 2015 analysis: “[O]f the force cases OIG‐NYPD reviewed, 96.8% of officers involved were male while 3.2% were female. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 3:05 pm
Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") data showing a rise in Medicaid criminal convictions arising from fraud and patient abuse or neglect investigations and prosecutions during the 2022 fiscal year ("FY") confirms the continued robustness of its Medicaid Fraud Control Units. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 8:02 am
FOIA backlogs on the rise after record number of requests [FedNewsNet] White House $1.6B COVID fraud plan gives federal watchdogs increased staffing [FedNewsNet] Nation’s drinking-water systems need better cyber hygiene, EPA says [FedNewsNet] WT 360: All about GSA’s ‘MAS-sive’ contract consolidation [WashTech] GSA releases second draft for the next OASIS [WashTech] Maryland Defense Contractor Convicted for Procurement Fraud after Nine-Day Trial [DoJ] Study:… [read post]
9 Mar 2023, 11:20 am
However, the analysis outlined in this advisory opinion sheds some light on how future arrangements are likely to be reviewed and analyzed by the OIG. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 1:23 pm
The OIG also found program officials monitored most protests effectively. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 7:56 am
CMS “expects to issue revised guidance to implement the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program” in the 4th quarter of 2023, but has specified that timing may be adjusted as necessary.[1] Part B Rebates The Initial Inflation Rebate Guidance for Part B was released only two days after the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) at the U.S. [read post]
7 Mar 2023, 7:14 am
On February 24, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) announced proposed permanent rules around prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine that expand the circumstances under which practitioners can prescribe controlled substances without first conducting an in-person medical evaluation of the patient outside of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”). [read post]
2 Mar 2023, 12:51 pm
The OIG should release this information to the public: knowing the aggregate totals would not harm any active investigation, but rather inform public debate over the agencies' reliance on this invasive technology. [read post]
