CJ Wolf
While February 2023 saw a small number of new items added to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) work plan, the added items are important for compliance professionals.
CJ Wolf
In October of 2022, a healthcare company pleaded guilty to engaging with a competitor to allocate employee nurses and fix the wages of those nurses. The company will pay over $130,000 as part of its sentence.
CJ Wolf
The new year brings fresh updates to the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Work Plan, including renewed interest in ongoing items. Here are four key insights for compliance professionals from the OIG's most recent Work Plan update.
CJ Wolf
Over the last several years, the medical research community has seen many high-profile announcements about researchers resigning or being fired over not properly disclosing financial interests, especially those related to foreign influence (see ...
CJ Wolf
Would you like to save nearly $4 billion dollars? Well, according to the most recent semiannual report to Congress, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) believes that is how much they could save taxpayers. For those who don’t know, twice per year the...
CJ Wolf
As a compliance officer, do you ever feel like you are making a list, checking it twice, tryin’ to find who’s naughty or nice?
So many compliance activities require checking, double-checking and sometimes triple-checking. At this festive time of year, let’s reflect on the naughty and nice lists.
CJ Wolf
In November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) added 11 new items to their Work Plan. We reviewed these new items and included key updates that could affect your organization.
CJ Wolf
The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report concluding that Medicare and patients combined overpaid more than a million dollars for the same professional services provided at critical access hospitals (CAH).
