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Eye services remain a consistent area of focus for the OIG, with recent audit activity highlighting patterns that can quickly turn into repayment exposure: E/M services billed on the same day as intravitreal injections, high-level nursing facility E/M services billed by optometrists, and diagnostic...

The HHS Office of Inspector General’s Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing HHS – 2025 report is not just a policy document, it’s a preview of where healthcare organizations will be scrutinized next.

Eye and vision services continue to draw close attention from the Office of Inspector General—and the trend isn’t slowing down.

Auditing and monitoring are core pillars of any effective compliance program. But as regulatory expectations evolve and OIG findings become increasingly detailed, it’s more important than ever for compliance teams to ensure their audit plans are aligned with current risks.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) continues to shine a spotlight on healthcare compliance risks—and their audit reports offer more than just findings. They offer a roadmap.

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.

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).

Who Bills for Professional Services?

For many years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG)