Understanding and Avoiding Compliance Errors
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OIG Sheds Light on Kickback Implications of Online Healthcare Directories
Recent advisory opinion offers insight on how healthcare providers may want to structure arrangements involving online directories.
Compliance Alert: OIG Sounds the Alarm on Medicare Overpayments for Physician Services Provided to Inpatients
According to a recent report, Medicare overpaid for such services over a two-year period between 2019 and 2020.
Kickbacks: Does OIG Green Light of Free Product Replacements Open Door for Lab Freebies?
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Compliance Planning: OIG Switches from Semi-Annual to Monthly Work Plan Updates
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Enforcement Trends: Labs Get Cameo, Rather than Starring Role in OIG’s New Enforcement Report
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GAO Faults U.S. Handling of Zika Outbreak; IDs Challenges to Test Development
From - National Intelligence Report
The US. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was "reactive" in its handling of the…
CMS, OIG Reps Address PAMA, Fraud Enforcement at ACLA Annual Meeting
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OIG and DOJ Provide Tips for Determining Effectiveness of Compliance Programs
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OIG Fraud Alert Warns of Hotline Scammers
From - National Intelligence Report
The OIG issued a Fraud Alert recently—but it didn't warn about improper referral arrangements or billing for medically unnecessary testing. It was a warning that scammers are representing themselves as…
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Program Faces Declining ROI
From - National Intelligence Report
The federal government's return on investment (ROI) in the fight against health care fraud continues a steady decline according to the latest numbers reported for the Health Care Fraud and…
OIG Updates Threshold for Nominal Value Gifts
From - National Intelligence Report
Just as the civil monetary penalties have gotten an update to adjust for inflation so too have the thresholds for…
Semiannual OIG Report to Congress Outlines Challenges as Well as Successes
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