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11 Aug 2009, 10:32 am
In an Advisory Opinion posted on August 10, the OIG said a hospital could provide free blood pressure screenings to walk-in visitors at the hospital without the threat of sanctions under certain circumstances.The Opinion centered around an arrangement whereby a small critical access hospital provides free blood pressure checks to any visitor who enters requesting the service during daylight hours. [read post]
16 Aug 2021, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Every year the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), publishes a “Work Plan” disclosing the areas of health practice upon which it intends to concentrate its audit and anti-fraud activities for the upcoming year. [read post]
24 Dec 2013, 6:21 am
CMS and OIG Extend Sunset Dates for EHR Subsidy RulesHealth care entities that have subsidized physician purchases of electronic health records (EHR) items and services may breathe a sigh of relief: the government has adopted final rules extending sunset dates for the regulations governing such subsidies.On December 23, the government posted two final rules to extend sunset dates for the Stark exception and fraud and abuse safe harbor for subsidies p [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 10:00 pm
The OIG has issued an updated Special Fraud Alert on telemarketing by DME suppliers. [read post]
17 Jan 2024, 10:00 pm
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published favorable Advisory Opinion No. 23-15 on January 3, which concluded that a consultant’s proposal to provide gift cards to existing physician practice customers in exchange for referring other physician practices to the vendor would not implicate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). [read post]
1 Mar 2021, 10:00 pm
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other federal regulators have grown increasingly concerned about the use of telehealth technologies by perpetrators of various fraud schemes. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 5:00 pm
The OIG has issued an updated Special Fraud Alert on telemarketing by DME suppliers. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 12:42 pm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) will co-host a workshop on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 3:04 pm
Today the HHS OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert highlighting its concerns regarding two trends involving transfers of value from laboratories to physicians that the OIG believes “present a substantial risk of fraud and abuse under the anti-kickback statute. [read post]
20 May 2015, 8:41 am
The OIG attributes these overpayments to physician internal control weaknesses and insufficient contractor postpayment reviews. [read post]
13 Dec 2014, 7:59 am
The OIG also observes that while its report focuses on HIV drugs, the issues raised are relevant to all Part D drugs. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 5:49 am
Marziani represented OIG in this case. [read post]
7 Mar 2015, 1:22 pm
Marziani represented OIG in this case. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 5:49 am
Marziani represented OIG in this case. [read post]
24 Aug 2023, 7:01 am
In reaching that conclusion, the OIG invoked its 2003 Special Advisory Bulletin pertaining to contractual joint ventures, noting the agency’s “longstanding and continuing” concerns over these types of arrangements and underscoring the OIG’s view that the Proposed Arrangement resembles those problematic joint ventures. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 2:00 pm
The post OIG launches new compliance resource portal appeared first on Health Law Pulse. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 9:39 am
According to the OIG, parties on this list have refused to enter into corporate integrity agreements (CIAs) with the OIG, but the OIG believes that they require additional oversight. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 6:42 am
” OIG’s latest advisory opinion on free genetic testing largely concurred with the cautionary advice that Brunts and Fethke expressed, even though OIG concluded that, under the particular circumstances presented, it would not impose sanctions on the pharmaceutical company that requested the advisory opinion. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:20 am
The OIG's Analysis. [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 3:37 pm
DOJ OIG Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2007-September 30, 2007 [PDF or HTML]... [read post]
