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In recent testimony before the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Christi A. Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more
In February 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the results of its 2023 False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement efforts. Through those efforts, it obtained more than $2.6 billion in overall recoveries, and of that...more
In February 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the results of its 2023 False Claims Act (“FCA”) enforcement efforts. Through those efforts, the government obtained more than $2.6 billion in overall recoveries,...more
With the tremendous growth of managed care over the last several years, the Medicare and Medicaid programs have had to transform how they fund health care for approximately 100 million enrollees. According to the Department...more
On August 28, 2023, OIG released a new webpage on managed care oversight, which features the HHS-OIG Strategic Plan for Oversight of Managed Care for Medicare and Medicaid. OIG has designated oversight of managed care as a...more
McDermott Will & Emery Partner Ankur Goel moderated a panel during the Value-Based Care Symposium that focused on the risk-adjustment landscape and provided insights into how the regulatory environment and contractual...more
On April 20, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a new toolkit designed to help analyze telehealth claims to assess federal healthcare program...more
On August 19, 2022, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 22-16 (Advisory Opinion) in which it declined to impose sanctions for an arrangement under which the requestor provides gift cards to...more
The following is a summary of the federal Health and Human Services agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country. The enforcement actions reported are based...more
On March 18, 2014, the OIG released its Compendium of Priority Recommendations (Compendium), which lists 25 broad “Priority Recommendations” for achieving “cost savings, improve program management, and ensure quality of care...more