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19 May 2020, 5:48 am by The Health Law Partners
In a continued effort to combat the nation’s opioid crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has recently developed two toolkits that analyze prescription data to identify patients at risk of opioid misuse or overdose. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
On October 10, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion reinforcing the broad protection of physician employees under the safe harbor provision of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). [read post]
19 Jul 2017, 8:25 am by Benjamin Wallfisch (US)
Department of Health and Human Services announced 14 new inquiries into potentially fraudulent billing of Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
25 Oct 2012, 12:40 pm by James Dietz
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an Advisory Opinion in which it approved store rewards program that allows customers to earn gasoline discounts based on purchases made at an in-store pharmacy. [read post]
17 Oct 2008, 7:13 pm
  he talks about two things that came out in the media this month:  the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General's report that 94% of nursing homes around the country have violations; and, the NY Times article about Medicare no longer paying for preventable mistakes that occur in hospitals. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced several new changes in its Work Plan update in August 2022. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 6:34 am
In two reports posted August 30, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced that many Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities (IDTFs) in Miami and Los Angeles failed to comply with selected Medicare standards after unannounced site visits in May and June 2010. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 8:33 am by George B. Breen
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”), drafting 13  FAQs aimed at easing the transition from COVID-era flexibilities to the end of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) on May 11, 2023. [read post]
On June 22, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a comprehensive report detailing its nationwide analysis of common characteristics in home health fraud cases. [read post]
14 May 2010, 11:07 am by The Health Law Partners
Levinson, Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 10:01 am by Coral Beach
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services is continuing to review FDA’s recall activities, but an “early alert” issued Wednesday left little room for doubt that changes are needed. [read post]
25 Oct 2022, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the United State Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a template to assist with preparing advisory opinion requests. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 7:57 am
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has announced that, unlike 7 of the 10 state whistleblower laws that OIG had previously reviewed, the whistleblower laws of Hawaii and Virginia pass muster under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 12:08 pm
Arizona Heart Hospital agreed to settle with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for $675,000 for 10 instances of filing false claims with Medicare. [read post]
30 Aug 2017, 11:22 am by Edward Smith
The recent publication from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an early alert based on its findings that Medicare and Medicaid had inadequate procedures to ensure reporting of abuse to law enforcement officials. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 4:34 pm by Kang Haggerty LLC
Department of Health and Human Services, in New Orleans to present, “When Grants Go Bad and False Claims Arise. [read post]
23 Jul 2020, 1:20 pm by Mark Eiglarsh
The agent with the Inspector General’s Office of the Department of Health and Human Services made his initial federal court appearance in Miami earlier this week, facing allegations of conspiring to commit a crime against the United States, tampering with witnesses, obstructing justice and selling oxycodone. [read post]
14 May 2024, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that it intends to increase scrutiny of fee-for-service peripheral vascular procedures billed to the Medicare program. [read post]
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory opinion permitting a technology company to charge health care providers “per booking” fees to participate in its online provider directory and to allow the same providers to bid on advertising that appears as specialized search results or banner ads within its digital “marketplace. [read post]