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Kickback Concerns Shouldn’t Prohibit Manufacturers From Offering…
Infusion Association Asks For Kickback Safe Harbor For Expensive Biologics
Drug manufacturers routinely offer…
OIG Releases “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on…
On April 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the release of a new a…
CMS and OIG Discuss “The Use of Data to Stop Medicare Fraud” Before House…
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight recently held a hearing on the federal government’s use of data analysis to…
DOJ Targets Physicians For Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Referrals
Last week we posted a comprehensive look at the increased scrutiny into laboratories that engage in referrals with…
Laboratory Referral Arrangements Under the Gun
Referral arrangements between laboratories and physicians have received a lot of scrutiny lately. Last week, it was…
HHS-OIG: Novartis Division, Sandoz, to Pay $12.6 Million in Civil Monetary…
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) yesterday announced that Sandoz Inc. will pay $12.64 million to settle allegations it…
OIG Issues 2015 Health Reform Oversight Plan
HHS-OIG recently released their 2015 Health Reform Oversight Plan. The agency plans to hone in on the Affordable Care Act during…
DOJ Enforcement Panel Focuses on Medical Device Companies
Last week’s CBI Medical Device and Diagnostic Compliance Congress featured an “enforcement panel” that discussed recent trends in…
OIG Soliciting Recommendations on New Safe Harbors To The Anti-Kickback…
Each year the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) solicits recommendations for new or modified safe harbor provisions…
Top Policy and Medicine Stories of 2014
2014 has been a big year for healthcare and continuing medical education (CME). Here are ten topics worth going back to that…