Posts Tagged ‘Civil Monetary Penalties Law’
HHS-OIG Details Successes of Efforts to Curb Healthcare Fraud and Abuse in Semiannual Report to Congress
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) recently released its Semiannual Report to Congress touting its many successes but also adding that a lack of funding has resulted in an inability to go after even more healthcare fraud and abuse. “We are turning down 300 to 400 viable…
Read MoreOIG Expects to Recover $4B in Misspent Healthcare Funds
Efforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) could result in the recovery of some $4 billion in misspent Medicare, Medicaid, and other health and human services funds. The work is outlined in the Fall 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress, which provides an overview of the watchdog…
Read MoreWatchdog Agency Details Enforcement Activities During Six-Month Period
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) expects to make nearly $3 billion in recoveries resulting from the agency’s audits and investigations, according to its Semiannual Report to Congress released earlier this month. The semiannual reporting period runs from Oct. 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022. The watchdog agency…
Read MoreCan Healthcare Providers Offer Covid Vaccination Incentives?
It’s estimated that a little more than 42 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and nearly 52 percent have had at least one dose. That has prompted President Joseph Biden to announce a “National Month of Action,†in an effort to get at least 70 percent of U.S. adults at least partially…
Read MoreOIG Wants Input on Changes to Anti-kickback Statute and CMP
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General is looking for ways to encourage and incentivize coordinated care, without violating the Anti-kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalties Law. The CMP imposes penalties against those who offer or transfer remuneration to a Medicare or state healthcare program beneficiary to influence the…
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