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16 Mar 2015, 6:06 am by Debra A. McCurdy
A recent OIG report examines increasing use of CAH “swing-bed” services, which the OIG describes as being equivalent to services performed at a SNF, but which are reimbursed at 101% of a CAH’s reasonable cost rather than at the Medicare SNF PPS rate. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 6:35 am
The Petitioner sought guidance from the OIG as to whether sharing in these payments with the practice would violate the terms of the Petitioner's exclusion from federal health care programs and would potentially subject the Petitioner to additional administrative sanctions or other liability. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 9:15 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Building on previous OIG and Congressional scrutiny of PODs, the Special Fraud Alert details specific attributes and practices of PODs that the OIG believes “produce substantial fraud and abuse risk and pose dangers to patient safety. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 7:12 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared an HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposed rule that would expand the OIG’s Medicare and state health care program fraud and abuse authorities. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 2:57 pm
This OIG Alert warrants caution and careful evaluation of any applicable financial arrangements by affected physicians and medical practices to ensure compliance with federal law. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 4:27 pm by Lisa Baird
The OIG goes on to provide a more detailed series of POD characteristics that elevate the level of fraud and abuse risk in the OIG’s view (reprinted at end). [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 9:19 am by Steven Boutwell
The OIG reported that it recently entered into settlements with twelve physicians who had entered into questionable medical directorship and office staff arrangements, in which the OIG alleged the compensation paid to the physicians constituted illegal remuneration under the Anti-Kickback Statute. [read post]
Per OIG, Program Does Not Meet Safe Harbors But Presents Minimal Risk of Fraud and Abuse OIG identified two streams of remuneration that implicate AKS and the Beneficiary Inducement CMP and do not meet a safe harbor or exception. [read post]
12 Sep 2024, 7:27 pm by Roswill Mejia
The OIG’s conclusions also appear to be focused on the fact that the PAP was not likely to steer Medicare enrollees to certain drugs or pharmacies. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 11:25 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
" According to the OIG, 35 of the 48 states that pay for any type of Medicaid therapy services (physical, occupational, or speech therapy) placed limits on the amount of services a beneficiary could receive. [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 2:18 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The OIG has issued a report that assesses state oversight of services provided through 1915(c) home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver programs. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm by Moderator
  Specific areas of interest for HHS-OIG’s Office of Audit Services include: (1) Patient plans of Care, (2) Physician supervision and (3) Certification requirements. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 8:00 am by Lynn Sessions and Suchismita Pahi
As a result, the OIG identified 44 covered entities OCR had investigated more than once, nearly half of which had been investigated by OCR at least five times each. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 6:28 am by Debra A. McCurdy
MIPPA also requires the OIG to complete a study to determine market shares of diabetes test strips in the Competitive Bidding Program. [read post]