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25 Nov 2020, 1:32 pm
On November 20, 2020, in a joint effort, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued final rules to revise and modernize the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”), Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) and Civil Monetary Penalties Law (“CMP”). [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 4:00 am
In the first advisory opinion of 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) allowed Medicaid beneficiaries to qualify for a benefit available to low-income individuals, even though the arrangement would not qualify as a “retailer reward. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 12:08 pm
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is recommending that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) step-up efforts to collect Medicare overpayments to providers currently considered uncollectable because the provider has failed to repay overpayments identified and demanded by CMS six or more months after CMS demands repayment. [read post]
2 Jun 2017, 1:17 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the 2017 edition of its Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations (“Compendium”). [read post]
8 Jan 2012, 3:00 am
Levinson, inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, said that even after medical facilities investigate reported injuries or infections, the facility rarely changes its practice to prevent the error from happening again. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 10:06 am
Department of Health and Human Services to ensure its continued compliance with federal health care program requirements. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 9:05 pm
Department of Health and Human Services said the FDA did not have an efficient and effective procedure for food recalls. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 7:20 am
According to an audit report recently released by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), hospitals paid under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) may have received an estimated $25 million in overpayments between fiscal years 2003 and 2005 as a result of noncompliance with Medicare’s post-acute transfer policy. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 6:58 am
File a Complaint with the Inspector General The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has an Inspector General (IG) who investigates allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse relating to Medicare, Medicaid, and other HHS issues. [read post]
19 Jul 2024, 8:24 am
The new members of the Board are:President, Jordan Steffen, Deputy Ombudsman, Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado Vice President, Joel Schwartz, HHS Ombudsman, Texas Health and Human Services Office of the Ombudsman Secretary/Treasurer, Joanne MacDonnell, Ombudsman, Arizona Ombudsman Office Conferences and Training, Michelle Lucarelli-Beltran, LCSW, Children Services Administrator I, Los Angeles County Department of… [read post]
27 Jul 2019, 9:49 am
Brabham, Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Civil Service. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 7:14 am
According to 7thspace.com, an investigation by the FBI and Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General concluded between Jan. 2005 and Dec. 2008, about $9.3 million in fraudulent claims for inappropriate patients were submitted to Medicare by the facility. [read post]
2 Nov 2022, 5:00 am
On October 3, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report detailing OIG’s findings related to the efficacy of the Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) program. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 6:10 am
In a recent advisory opinion, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) opined that employment of an anesthesia provider may be low risk under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) under certain circumstances. [read post]
16 May 2012, 9:35 am
Recently, the Huffington Post reported that the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued a report on retail pharmacies with questionable Medicare Part D billing. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 12:57 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) announced that it would not impose administrative sanctions against the manufacturer of a vaccine refrigeration system (the “Requestor”) for providing the devices to physicians without charge. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 12:21 pm
The Office of Inspector General for the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a report on Thursday which found that the number of children separated from their parents or guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are thousands higher than previously reported by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). [read post]
6 Jul 2013, 11:44 am
The settlement stems from charges by the Justice Department and Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that the settling hospitals frequently billed Medicare for performing kyphoplasty procedures on the more costly inpatient basis, rather than an outpatient basis, in order to increase their Medicare billings when the kyphoplasty could have been performed safely and effectively as an outpatient… [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 10:25 am
Last month’s sweep resulted from the Justice Department’s and Health and Human Services’ work with the FBI, the HHS inspector general, and various state and local law enforcement officials. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 11:43 am
Section 6401 of PPACA states, “…a provider of medical or other items or services or supplier within a particular industry, sector or category shall, as a condition of enrollment in the program under this Title…establish a compliance program…[t]he Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, shall establish core elements for a compliance… [read post]
