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The HHS OIG’s latest Work Plan updates provide an important look into the compliance risks, billing practices, and operational areas likely to face increased scrutiny in the months ahead.

Every year, healthcare compliance officers face the same challenge: predicting where federal scrutiny is headed before it reaches their organization. The OIG Work Plan 2026 gives compliance teams a meaningful head start. It outlines where the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...

Previously we wrote about some of the highlights in the HHS OIG’s newest compliance program guidance for the Medicare Advantage segment of healthcare. The guidance is often referred to as the MA ICPG and our prior posting can be found here.

We previously wrote about some of the highlights in the HHS OIG’s newest compliance program guidance for the Medicare Advantage segment of healthcare. The guidance is often referred to as the MA ICPG, and our prior posting can be found here.

The long-awaited Medicare Advantage Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) has recently been released by the HHS OIG. It serves as an updated, voluntary resource intended to help Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) and other Medicare Advantage Parties or “MA Parties”...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its long-awaited Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for Medicare Advantage (MA), offering a clearer picture of where regulators are focusing their attention and what organizations should be prepared to address.

The HHS OIG Work Plan is starting off 2026 with a bang by announcing six new work plan items.

The HHS OIG has added to their work plan an analysis of Medicare Advantage Enrollment. According to OIG, the Medicare Advantage program is vulnerable to schemes designed to increase Medicare Advantage organization (MAO) profits by improperly influencing enrollment. They explained that known...