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HHS-OIG Special Fraud Alert Regarding “Suspect” Telemedicine Arrangements On the very same day that the DOJ  issued those charges, HHS-OIG published the alert detailing key findings from investigations into fraudulent schemes involving companies that provide telehealth, telemedicine, and telemarketing services, collectively referred to as “Telemedicine Companies. [read post]
12 Sep 2022, 1:04 pm by Hadley Baker, Katherine Pompilio
” The spokesperson also said that the EPA OIG will announce “work related to the city’s water system” in the next week. [read post]
8 Sep 2022, 8:22 am by Ana Popovich
” According to the press release, “[t]he CIA also requires Respironics to retain an independent monitor, selected by the OIG, to assess the effectiveness of Respironics’ compliance systems. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 9:05 pm by U.S. Department of Agriculture
FSIS works closely with the USDA Office of the Inspector General (OIG), as well as other Federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The OIG Work Plan forecasts the projects that OIG plans to implement over the foreseeable future. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 5:05 pm by Ben Vernia
The CIA also requires Respironics to retain an independent monitor, selected by the OIG, to assess the effectiveness of Respironics’ compliance systems [read post]
Additionally, OIG confirmed it does not view an MA plan as a provider, practitioner, or supplier for purposes of the Beneficiary Inducement CMP. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 11:32 am by Gus Hurwitz
  In this case, they have questions stemming from the recent FTC OIG report that raised concerns about the recent FTCs’ use of unpaid outside consultants. [read post]
14 Aug 2022, 5:34 pm by Kurt R. Karst
OIG PBM rebate regulation: Until January 1, 2032, the HHS OIG may not implement its 2020 regulation that amended the antikickback law safe harbors to exclude manufacturer rebates to Part D plans (and their PBMs) unless they are passed through to pharmacies. [read post]
13 Aug 2022, 7:46 am by Immigration Prof
This week, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security released a new report: El Paso Sector Border Patrol Struggled with Prolonged Detention and Consistent Compliance with TEDS Standards. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 4:24 am by Ashley Morgan
Amniotic Fluid / Amniotic Membrane Tissue Audits, Investigations and Prosecutions are Continuing to Climb in 2022 (August 4, 2022): Over the past year, we have seen a significant increase in the number of Medicare administrative audits, False Claims Act investigations and criminal prosecutions by the Department of Justice (DOJ), related to the billing of allogeneic (harvested from someone else) stem cell products. [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 1:00 pm by Liz Hempowicz
Keep this front of mind in the review that follows here of key moments in Cuffari’s three years leading the DHS OIG. [read post]
  The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a Special Fraud Alert on speaker programs in late 2020 (the “OIG Special Fraud Alert”) warning of the fraud and abuse risks associated with pharmaceutical and medical device companies conducting speaker programs.[4]  The OIG Special Fraud Alert raised concerns that speaker programs often lack any real educational value about the drug and device products at issue and that there are… [read post]
9 Aug 2022, 10:22 am by Peter J. Eyre and M.Yuan Zhou
This week’s episode covers the Cyber AB’s recently released pre-decisional draft CMMC Assessment Process, an SBA final rule that implements new methods for evaluating expanded sources of small business past performance, a GSA OIG Alert about the Transactional Data Reporting rule, and Senate passage of an amended version of the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act, and is hosted by Peter Eyre and Yuan Zhou. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 5:30 am by Gus Hurwitz
As reported by Leah Nylen, the OIG report found that this practice, used in prior administrations by expanded substantially under current FTC Chair Lina Khan, “creat[es] potential legal and compliance risks, including conflicts of interest. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 9:09 am by Ana Popovich
On July 30, the OIG’s account posted an animated video called “5 Things to Know About Whistleblowers. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 6:14 am by Richard Pecore
Early Guidance by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Regarding Billing Arrangements: In 1998, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidance for third-party billing companies.[1] As the OIG indicated at that time: “The OIG has a longstanding concern that percentage billing arrangements may increase the risk of upcoding and similar abusive billing practices. [read post]