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7 Dec 2014, 7:26 pm by Ben Vernia
On December 3, the Office of Inspector General of HHS announced (no permalink available) that a Texas otolaryngology practice had paid over $200,000 to resolve allegations that it had submitted false claims to federal health care programs. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 10:00 am
According to The Texas Tribune, the Texas Attorney General’s (AG) Office and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have teamed up to increase investigations of fraud in the state’s Medicaid dental program for children. [read post]
11 Oct 2012, 6:55 am by thehealthlawfirm
According to The Texas Tribune, the Texas Attorney General’s (AG) Office and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) have teamed up to increase investigations of fraud in the state’s Medicaid dental program for children. [read post]
22 Jun 2016, 12:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Eleven North Texans are included in the 301 individuals charged with faults billing and other healthcare fraud  in the largest ever healthcare fraud take down in history announced today by the Department of Justice(DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) and other agencies. [read post]
24 Aug 2021, 4:10 pm by Matthew Guariglia
As Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety Deborah Witzburg said about this report, “It’s not about technological accuracy, it’s about operational value. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 7:58 am by Robert Kraft
The report from the department’s Office of Inspector General said the manipulations closely resemble those that contributed to patient deaths in 2014. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 6:16 pm by eithurburn@getnicklaw.com
According to new data from the Office of Inspector General, the federal government has recovered over $1.84 billion of federal funds lost to Medicaid fraud in 2010 alone. [read post]
5 Sep 2010, 8:25 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) estimates that Capital Area Rural Transit System received overpayments of at least $583,000 ($292,000 Federal share) for nonemergency medical transportation claims that did not comply with Federal and State requirements in 2007. [read post]
21 Jun 2013, 2:43 pm by Louis Leichter
In Texas, responsibility for civil and administrative prosecution of Medicaid fraud rests with THHSC-Office of the Inspector General. [read post]
28 May 2015, 1:15 pm by Mary Jane Wilmoth
The Washington Post reports today that there is a new allegation of whistleblower retaliation against the Commerce  inspector general’s office. [read post]
4 May 2014, 1:29 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Just 5 percent of cellphone smuggling cases investigated by the Criminal Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General from 2009 to 2013 resulted in a criminal sentence, according to documents obtained from the office through a public information request. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 4:22 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
The amendments update existing HHSC Office of Inspector General provisions relating to the lock-in of recipients who overuse Medicaid services, as authorized by federal regulations at 42 CFR §431.54(e). [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
Two weeks ago, the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General released a report on the FBI's mishandling of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications. [read post]
13 Mar 2010, 11:00 am by Paul Caron
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is investigating more than 70 threatening jokes or inappropriate statements made to IRS agents about the Feb. 18 attack on an IRS building in Austin, Texas. [read post]
9 Jan 2013, 11:05 am by Michael Lowe
” In one more federally-coordinated sting operation, the Department of  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General, and the Texas Rangers to bring down a group of law enforcement officers down in South Texas who were making money on the side by playing both sides of the… [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 Apparently the grand jury found that he likely crossed the line into offering to buy fetal tissue in his efforts to get Planned Parenthood personnel to admit to selling fetal tissue.In a statement reacting to the grand jury's action, Texas governor Greg Abbott said:The Health and Human Service Commission’s Inspector General and the Attorney General’s office have an ongoing investigation into Planned Parenthood’s actions. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 5:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
New data out on Texas prison crime and violence from the TDCJ office of inspector general: Mike Ward at the Houston Chronicle reported last month ("Prison crime not dropping with the population," June 20) that, "New statistics obtained by the Chronicle show that 3,001 criminal charges have been referred against imprisoned felons since 2009. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 2:17 pm by MARISSA PLESCIA - MEDCITY NEWS
New York, Florida, Texas, New and Minnesota terminated Medicaid coverage for some enrollees for ‘unallowable or potentially unallowable reasons’ during the Covid-19 public health emergency, according to a recent Office of Inspector General report. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On January 25, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) launched a multi-state coordinated law enforcement action to apprehend individuals engaged in a scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. [read post]