Hospitals and other health care providers struggle to attract and maintain clinical staff due to staffing shortages. While several factors contribute to the staffing shortage including an aging patient population and longer...more
The OIG has indicated concern that patients suffering from opioid use disorder may experience difficulty accessing medication-assisted treatment (MAT), resulting in under-utilization of this intervention that offers what the...more
7/25/2020
/ Audits ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part D ,
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) ,
OIG ,
Opioid ,
SAMHSA ,
Substance Abuse ,
Waivers ,
Work Plans
Congress significantly eased restrictions on disclosing information that identifies substance use disorder (SUD) patients, while simultaneously strengthening protection for SUD patients from discrimination and liability based...more
The OIG added five new items to its Work Plan in the October 2018 update: (1) childcare provider compliance with criminal background check requirements; (2) early results from Opioid State Targeted Response Grants; (3)...more
10/29/2018
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Child Care ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Federal Grants ,
Foster Children ,
Health Care Providers ,
MCOs ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Medicare Beneficiaries ,
OIG ,
Opioid ,
Prisoners ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
SAMHSA ,
Work Plans
A clinical laboratory has received a green light from CMS to offer pop-up notifications alerting physicians of various potential issues (Laboratory Alerts) through its web-based portal for ordering and reporting results of...more
10/23/2017
/ Advisory Opinions ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Clinical Laboratories ,
Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Health Care Providers ,
OIG ,
Physician Compensation Arrangements ,
Physicians ,
Portal ,
Remuneration ,
Risk Alert ,
Self-Referral ,
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