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31 Oct 2012, 1:27 pm
This week the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services published Advisory Opinion 12-15 in which it blessed an on-call compensation arrangement between a hospital and specialist physicians on its staff. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 2:57 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert (the "Alert") addressing lab compensation to referring doctors and medical practices for blood specimen collection, processing and packaging, and for submitting patient data to a registry or database. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 6:11 am
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services has published a report of its review of the Office of Civil Rights’ HIPAA/HITECH Security Rule oversight efforts, and some of the findings are not pretty. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 5:52 am
It’s time for your health facility to review the Department of Health & Human Services Office of inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 1:19 pm
Late yesterday, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule to amend the anti-kickback safe harbors[1] in response to perceived risks that rebates paid by pharmaceutical manufacturers to payors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) may contribute to pharmaceutical list price inflation and not benefit patients and payors. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 5:00 am
In August 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced its strategic plan to investigate the life cycle of Medicare and Medicaid managed care contracts. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 1:37 pm
On June 17, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled “CMS Is Taking Steps to Improve Oversight of Provider-Based Facilities, But Vulnerabilities Remain” (OEI-04-12-00380). [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 1:41 pm
It is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"). [read post]
30 Jun 1999, 11:00 pm
In a move that caught some industry observers by surprise, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG”) issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on July 8, 1999, asserting that most so-called “gainsharing” arrangements are prohibited by federal law. [read post]
30 Jun 1999, 11:00 pm
In a move that caught some industry observers by surprise, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG”) issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on July 8, 1999, asserting that most so-called “gainsharing” arrangements are prohibited by federal law. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 7:11 am
Noted was that, "in percent of clinical trials, the agency did not receive forms disclosing doctors' financial conflicts and did nothing about the problem, according to the investigation, which was conducted by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services and whose results were scheduled to be made public Monday. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 9:50 am
The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report disclosing that nursing homes often file claims for the highest, most costly level of therapy, disregarding what patients actually needed. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 8:22 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have each proposed new rules to extend existing protections that allow hospitals to donate electronic health record (EHR) technology to physicians who refer patients to their facilities. [read post]
OIG Testimony Before Congressional Subcommittee Outlines Inadequacies of Medicaid Integrity Programs
19 Jun 2012, 7:47 am
On June 7, 2012, Ann Maxwell, Regional Inspector General, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), testified before the U.S. [read post]
1 Feb 2022, 6:23 am
Late last year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a significant Advisory Opinion regarding a proposed joint venture (JV) between a therapy services provider and an owner of various long-term care (LTC) facilities. [read post]
16 Aug 2023, 11:11 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule (Final Rule) on June 27, 2023, which implements statutory provisions for specific individuals or entities subject to the information blocking requirements established by the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). [read post]
18 May 2012, 1:14 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is recommending a “strong response” to improve Medicare Part D oversight of retail pharmacy prescriptions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on findings of a recent study. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 7:02 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-07 approving a multispecialty physician practice’s proposal to pay bonuses to each of its employed physicians based on net profits derived from the facility fee generated by procedures the physician performed at the practice’s ambulatory surgery center (ASC). [read post]
19 Jun 2023, 5:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) regularly performs risk and priority analyses of the various HHS programs and identifies areas of focus on a monthly basis. [read post]
16 May 2022, 5:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently took note of some of the issues providers are having with MA plans and may present a new avenue for providers dealing with these issues. [read post]
