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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...

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.

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.

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)

Skilled Nursing Facilities' (SNF) Medicare Payments to Related Parties

Urinary Catheters

Some people have a condition called urinary retention.

HHS OIG Special Fraud Alerts are not very common.