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HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
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Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
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New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
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HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Special Edition | Episode 36 - Rolling Change: The DEA Turns Over a New Leaf on Marijuana Scheduling
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
OMG. . .The OIG is at it Again
The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
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In November 2024, the Office of Inspector General at Health and Human Services released its Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance. The document is part of an effort to modernize how HHS OIG...more
In addition to releasing its General Compliance Program Guidance, the OIG at HHS announced plans to publish a series of Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPG). The first of these, addressing nursing...more
The health care regulatory space realized significant regulatory and enforcement developments in 2024 that are influencing how providers and industry stakeholders approach various compliance measures and enforcement...more
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) release of Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG) for the first time since 2008 reemphasizes the...more
On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG). This...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more
As part of its Modernization Initiative, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published its first industry-segment specific Compliance Program Guidance, which focuses on...more
In 1998, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began issuing voluntary, compliance program guidance for various segments of the healthcare industry. Recently, the OIG has...more
On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the “Nursing Facility ICPG,” an industry-specific compliance program guidance for nursing facilities....more
In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the Industry-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (Nursing...more
The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently followed up on a 2023 commitment to supplement its General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) by publishing its first...more
Last month the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (OIG) released its first industry-specific compliance program guidance aimed at nursing facilities (both skilled and non-skilled)....more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
In its January 16, 2023, Enforcement listserv notice, HHS’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published Work Plan Updates for January. Although six updates were published, this article only highlights the...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), a top federal watchdog tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, recently announced that it will audit the...more
From 1998-2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published compliance program guidelines for various industries in the Federal Register....more
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced on April 24, 2023 that it will soon issue long overdue updates to its compliance program guidance documents (CPGs). First introduced in...more
Summary - The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has announced its intention to comprehensively review nursing home citations issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...more
Health Care fraud is a growing national issue. The National Heath Care Anti-Fraud Association estimates that health care fraud costs the nation about $68 billion annually — about 3 percent of the nation's $2.26 trillion in...more
The Biden Administration has embraced an aggressive and multi-part agenda designed to improve the safety and quality of care nationally in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The Biden Administration’s nursing home agenda...more
On December 5, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), released their Semiannual Report to Congress for the period beginning on April 1, 2022, and ending on September...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more
Every year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases an annual Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs: OIG’s Top Unimplemented Recommendations. HHS...more
Upcoming Hearings/Markups - September 27 - House Rules Committee Meeting: to discuss H.R. 3110 — PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, H.R. 3992 — Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act and H.R. 2119 — Family Violence Prevention...more
This week in Washington: Reconciliation markups begin. Congress - Upcoming Hearings/Markups - House - • Need for Continuing Resolution to Fund the Government...more