CMS announced in a letter released on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (CMS Letter) that it will ramp up financial oversight of states to detect misuse of federal Medicaid funds “[t]o ensure that federal money is not used to pay for or...more
On August 21, 2023, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) published an update to its self-disclosure program. The update allows for two (2) types of self-disclosures: (i) an Abbreviated Statement...more
On December 20, 2022, OIG issued a favorable Advisory Opinion allowing for the political subdivision of a State and its Department of Health EMS division (Requestor) to accept the provision of emergency transportation...more
For the Biden administration, the over 200,000 COVID-related deaths of nursing home residents and staff have served as a powerful signal for the need for nursing home reform. As part of the administration’s reform efforts,...more
On August 3, 2021, OIG issued an advisory opinion, Advisory Opinion No. 21-10, allowing for a dentist to provide free routine and emergency dental services to indigent Medicaid beneficiaries who are residents of nursing...more