The most successful compliance programs are constantly evolving and always in motion. They are both action-oriented and flexible. How do you build a program that’s action-oriented and flexible? You implement a detailed work...more
In this episode, Hilary Bowman summarizes recent updates to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) 2017 Work Plan. Specifically, she discusses OIG’s plans to investigate and audit...more
The Work Plan describes more than 100 initiatives, including 43 new initiatives for the upcoming year. On November 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its...more
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently released its FY 2016 Work Plan, in which it identified key areas of focus for the upcoming year. Consistent with its mandate to detect...more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released this week its FY2016 Work Plan (Work Plan). The OIG Work Plan summarizes new and ongoing OIG reviews of various HHS programs and...more
Take note, hospitals and other outpatient facilities that bill Medicare for outpatient intensity-modulated radiation therapy (“IMRT”): The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) is...more
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released last week an updated mid-year Work Plan for FY2015, which removes items that have been completed, postponed, or canceled and includes new items that...more
On April 1, 2015, the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General (“OMIG”) released its Work Plan for fiscal year (“FY”) 2015-2016 (April 1, 2015 – March 31, 2016). The OMIG’s mission is to prevent and detect...more
Let’s Get to Work: OIG Releases 2015 Work Plan, Focusing on Long-Term Care and Health Reform - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its 2015 Work Plan (Work...more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is charged with protecting the integrity of HHS programs by combating fraud, abuse and waste. On Halloween of 2014,...more
On Halloween the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of Health & Human Services released its “Work Plan Fiscal 2015.” The 90-page document is meant to tell the public, and especially health care providers paid by Medicare and...more
The 2014 OIG Work Plan includes the following: Policies and Practices. We will determine the impact of subordinate facilities in hospitals billing Medicare as being hospital based (provider based) and the extent to...more