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6 Nov 2023, 7:02 am by Amber Walsh
Specifically, OIG found that the bonus compensation would constitute an amount paid “by an employer to an employee for employment in the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under Medicare, Medicaid, or other Federal health care programs. [read post]
5 Nov 2023, 3:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Accordingly, after securing the requisite approval from the Justice Department, OCR issued a Notice of Proposed Determination of Civil Monetary Penalties (“Proposed CMP”) on July 29, 2019. [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 2:24 pm by Kalvis Golde
The Indian Health Service is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that administers health care programs for Native American tribes. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 12:50 pm by jeffreynewmanadmin
The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human services has rejected a manufacturer’s proposal to give out free hearing aids to certain patients if they receive one of its cochlear implant devices. [read post]
2 Nov 2023, 7:00 am by Laura Ray
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology have proposed a rule that “would implement the provision of the 21st Century Cures Act specifying that a health care provider determined by the HHS Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking shall be referred to the appropriate agency to be subject to appropriate… [read post]
30 Oct 2023, 5:40 am by Robert Kraft
You may also want to consider filing a complaint with the state Department of Education. [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 5:00 am by Adithi Iyer
The regulation and administration of health care in the United States suggests a list of familiar institutional names — the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institutes of Health, to list a few. [read post]
26 Oct 2023, 2:02 pm by luiza
A key focus of the Justice Department is prosecuting and deterring elder fraud and abuse. [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 9:04 am by Geoff Schweller
According to the government, in 2014, the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General issued a Special Fraud Alert that “warned laboratories that the practice of paying referring physicians specimen processing fees could present a substantial risk of fraud and abuse. [read post]
In an advisory opinion released on October 13, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) approved a plan by a muti-specialty practice to pay its employed physicians bonuses related to outpatient procedures performed by those physicians at ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) operated by the physician practice entity requesting the opinion (the Requestor). [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]
18 Oct 2023, 2:00 am
In many instances, she never spoke with, or treated, the patients, even though she invoiced for “patient visits;” submitting bills for over 24 hours of visits in a single day.According to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, EH, who pocketed some $1.6 million from the scheme, was found guilty by a Florida jury of “one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, in addition to four counts of health care… [read post]
17 Oct 2023, 8:53 am by Melissa Revuelta
Gruchacz of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 1:58 pm by Suzanne E. Durrell
  As a former Department of Justice fraud prosecutor who worked on the successful Sutter Health FCA case and now represents whistleblowers, Ms. [read post]