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You’ve seen it in the news, stories like this, “Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri,

I just returned from San Diego where I spoke at the HCCA’s 2018 Clinical Practice Compliance Conference.

According to the OIG’s most recent, published report, many inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) stays did not meet Medicare coverage and documentation requirements.

A well-rounded compliance officer will understand best practices in auditing standards so they can make sure their organization is shining.

Is your compliance program diligently performing its exclusions’ checks against sanctioned individuals?  Does it seem like a mundane task that hardly ever turns up an excluded individual?

The OIG has added two more items to their Work Plan in September of 2018. Let’s take a quick look.

Everyone has a boss they answer to, even the OIG. The OIG is frequently reporting to their ultimate boss(es), the U.S. Congress and they often do so via the testimony they provide to various committees and subcommittees.

In June of 2018, Caris Healthcare agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a false claims act lawsuit.