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OIG Releases Review of QPP
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a review of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), concluding CMS has made progress…
Like the Little Drummer Boy, the Beat Goes on as OIG Enforcement Shows Few…
As life science compliance professionals know, it is important to monitor what the HHS OIG focuses on. This article reviews the…
HHS OIG Releases Report on Potential Drug Misclassifications
A report recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that…
OIG Asks CMS to Track Medicare Costs from Device Failures
A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report suggests that the lack of medical device-specific information on Medicare claim…
OIG Faults CMS for Improper Payment Rates
Under the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to…
Effectiveness, The Holy Grail of Compliance – Both the DOJ & OIG…
Measuring the effectiveness of compliance programs is no easy task since governing agencies have not published a template that…
A Port in Any Storm – Adding New Safe Harbors to the Anti-Kickback Statute
On December 7, 2016, the HHS Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") approved new safe harbors to the federal anti-kickback…
Project Exclusion: The OIG’s Latest Attempt to Make Its Exclusion Authority…
On January 11, 2017, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued a new…
OIG Raises Concerns Regarding Accuracy of New Clinical Laboratory Payment…
In early October, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report monitoring the progress made by the Centers for Medicare…
Are the Safe Harbors Still Safe? – OIG Issues Final Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General published a final rule, after considering various…