Grounded in the OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance and DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs, our immersive, three-and-a-half-day, classroom-style Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy equips compliance...more
Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more
Last week, CMS announced that it has extended temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new ambulance suppliers and home health agencies within designated metropolitan areas in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania,...more
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is charged with protecting the integrity of HHS programs by combating fraud, abuse and waste. On Halloween of 2014,...more
On January 30, 2014, CMS announced a temporary moratorium on Medicare enrollment of home health agencies operating in Fort Lauderdale, Dallas, Houston, and Detroit. It also announced a temporary moratorium on Medicare...more
Last week, CMS announced temporary moratoria on the enrollment of new home health providers and ambulance suppliers in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in three fraud “hot spots.”...more