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It’s time to share the updates to the OIG Work Plan. The following items were added to the work plan in October 2018.

Auditing for E/M Consultation Services has been confusing auditors for years.

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

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.

On August 3, 2018, the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the physician practice Northwest ENT Associates, in Georgia.

1. Post Acute Medical Agrees to Pay More Than $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Improper Physician Relationships –

The OIG has added more items to their work plan in August (2018). Let’s take a quick look at some of the areas they will be scrutinizing.

My latest Compliance Conversations episode is called “The Teaching Physicians Rule: A Blessing or a Curse.”