Compliance News Roundup: The Compliance Program Element of Auditing

1. Fort Worth Brothers Admit Role in $36 Million Lab Test Kickback Scheme - Two Fort Worth men pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to playing a role in an alleged $36 million fraud scheme involving unnecessary lab tests of saliva and urine that were billed to the U.S. military’s health care system. Read more here

2. Jampol and Aibel: DOJ targets healthcare with FCPA enforcement - The acting chief of the DOJ's Criminal Fraud Section announced a new partnership last month between the DOJ’s Healthcare Fraud Unit’s Corporate Strike Force and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutors. Their mission is to “investigate and prosecute matters relating to health care bribery schemes, both domestic and abroad.” Read more here

3. Deeper Than the Headlines: The Compliance Program Element of Auditing - As compliance professionals, we know the important role auditing and monitoring has in an effective compliance program. In this blog post, I’ll be covering some of the most important characteristics of effective auditing as outlined in prior OIG publications such as creating an annual audit plan, the importance of an auditor's experience and autonomy, and more. Read more here