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Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
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Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
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Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
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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
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On June 13, 2025, OIG announced the results of an audit it conducted of 30 hospitals that received provider relief fund (PRF) payments during COVID-19 (the Audit). OIG found that 11 of the 30 audited hospitals failed to...more
In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more
Hospitals and other providers should brace for recoupment of possibly hundreds of millions of dollars they were reportedly overpaid for services provided under the COVID-19 uninsured program (UIP) in the wake of new audit...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) reminded providers through a program update on Monday, June 5, 2023, that the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and COVID-19 Uninsured Program (UIP) Terms and Conditions...more
The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced on Monday, June 5, 2023, that it has stopped payments to healthcare providers under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and COVID-19 Uninsured Program (UIP)....more
Two Weeks Left: Approaching Deadline to Report Period 4 Provider Relief Fund Payments - Most healthcare providers received Provider Relief Fund (PRF) funding (as described in greater detail in a previous McGuireWoods...more
The “epidemic” of COVID-19 related fraud continued unabated in 2022, and we expect to see the same in 2023. The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears poised to continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute COVID-19-related...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is seeking repayment of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments from providers who failed to submit the required report(s) on their use of the funds. Recipients were...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
What You Need to Know •The federal government is broadening its multi-agency law enforcement effort to address pandemic-related fraud beyond PPP-related cases to encompass alleged instances of healthcare-related COVID-19...more
May 18 Deadline to Request Late Reporting for Provider Relief Fund Period 2 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a deadline extension for providers that received $10,000 or more in the second...more
On April 20, 2022, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a nationwide coordinated law enforcement action focused on COVID-19-related healthcare fraud. In total, DOJ brought criminal charges against 21 individuals,...more
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is demanding repayment of funds granted under the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) from recipients who failed to comply with the program’s mandatory reporting requirement....more
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is authorized to distribute funds from its...more
On March 22, 2022, HHS announced that it had distributed more than $413 million in Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments to more than 3,600 health care providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. HHS directed its disbursement...more
Looming Deadlines to Report Provider Relief Fund Period 2 Payments and COVID-19 Vaccine Claims - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reporting portal remains open only through March 31, 2022, at 11:59...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Period 1 Reporting Dec. 13-20 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reporting portal includes a new statement appearing to give providers an additional week in...more
Last week, HHS released seven new and modified Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding payments distributed to providers via the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. The FAQs cover a wide range of topics, including appealing...more
The U.S. Justice Department’s COVID-related health care fraud crackdown continues to intensify. On a single day in September 2021, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against 138 defendants in 31 federal...more
Last week, HHS launched the application for both Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments. As described in the September 13, 2021 Health Headlines, HHS made $25.5 billion in new funding...more
By now, if you are a provider who received Provider Relief Funds, you are familiar with the related reporting requirements on the use of the Funds. But do you also have an obligation to conduct a mandatory Single Audit? ...more
HHS Grants Reporting Grace Period Until Nov. 30 for Provider Relief Fund - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a 60-day grace period to allow providers to comply with the Provider...more