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Budget season is here, and the pressure on Compliance Officers has never been higher. Leadership wants stronger controls, tighter oversight, and better outcomes—often with fewer dollars. To secure the investment your program needs, a compelling, data-backed budget request is no longer optional....

The OIG and the health care community share the goal of protecting patients from harm, which is why the OIG created new Adverse Events toolkits. These toolkits aim to advance patient safety through a discussion of methodological considerations when designing studies about patient harm and by...

Patient safety and quality of care has long been a focus area for many providers and health systems.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently shared a new toolkit designed to help providers identify telehealth claims that could be at risk of fraud, waste or abuse.

The OIG added three items to their Work Plan in April 2023 – let's take a look at the areas on their radar.

The OIG has stated that entities “should regularly review the implementation and execution

In May of 2017, two Southwest Missouri health care organizations agreed to pay the United States $34,000,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in inappropriate financial relationships with referring physicians, wrote the US Department of Justice.