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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - October 6th - 9th, San Antonio, TX

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - September 8th - 11th, Scottsdale, AZ

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Basic Compliance Academy - July 21st - 24th, Nashville, TN

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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 7: OIG Report Reveals Gaps in Hospice PRF Compliance: What Providers Need to...

In this episode, AGG Post-Acute & Long-Term Care co-chair Jason Bring is joined by AGG Healthcare partner Alex Foster to discuss a recent OIG report highlighting Provider Relief Fund compliance issues within the hospice...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance

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Compliance gets a dust off with the new General Compliance Program Guidance released by the federal Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in November 2023. While there is a lot to digest, Husch Blackwell’s Josi Wergin and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 11, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Home Health & Hospice Quarterly - Q2

AGG’s Home Health & Hospice team publishes a quarterly newsletter covering legal and regulatory topics specific to the home and community-based healthcare industry. The fields of end-of-life and home healthcare present...more

Baker Donelson

Electronic Visit Verification: What Personal Care Services and Home Health Care Services Providers Need to Know

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In April 2022, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced in an OIG Work Plan update that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be auditing how states implement their electronic visit verification...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Conference - November 7th - 9th, 8:55 am - 3:30 pm CST

Hear directly from the enforcement community - Want to gain insight into properly monitoring, detecting, investigating, and managing violations? Join us virtually at HCCA’s Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 18. News Briefs: May 2022

Report on Medicare Compliance 31 no. 18 (May 16, 2022) - In a new report, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said 25% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced patient harm (adverse events and temporary harm events)...more

Maynard Nexsen

SMRC Targets for 2022: After Heavy Focus on Hospice, the SMRC Moves On to Home Health and Other Projects

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The Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (“SMRC”) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor authorized to conduct nationwide medical reviews (Medicare Part A, Part B, and DME). As many in the...more

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OIG Planning Nationwide Audit of Hospice Eligibility – What You Should Know

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced its Office of Audit Services plans to conduct a nationwide review of hospice eligibility, focusing on those Medicare hospice beneficiaries who haven't had an...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Important Updates – What We Learned in 2021 - January 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CST

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process and work plan items - Provide practical advice for reviewing and monitoring work plan items - Highlight significant OIG Work Plan items - 2021 Year in Review ...more

King & Spalding

OIG Determines That an Online Platform to Search for Home-Based Health Care Providers is Not Subject to Sanctions

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On December 16, 2021, OIG issued an advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion No. 21-20) to a requestor (Requestor) regarding a proposal to create an online search platform for users to find and contact home-based health care...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] 2021 Mid-Year OIG Work Plan and Other Important Updates: – Hospitals, Physician Practices, Home Health, and Hospice -...

Learning Objectives: - Discuss OIG work planning process, work plan items, and other government reports - Provider insights into COVID-19 audits, reviews, and monitoring... During this program, we will provide an...more

Saul Ewing LLP

OIG Announces Seven Telehealth Audits

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When the COVID-19 pandemic began, no one imagined that it was here to stay for more than a year and counting! Many thought it would take at most a couple of months for the outbreak to resolve and the stay-at-home orders,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 8. News Briefs: March 2021

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 8 (March 1, 2021) - According to a CMS spokesperson, “CMS has not yet determined when Targeted Probe and Educate reviews will resume.” Meanwhile, “CMS continues to temporarily pause...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOJ Announces First Criminal Prosecution For Misuse Of COVID-19 Relief Funds Dedicated To Health Care Providers

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The Justice Department has widened its crackdown on COVID-19 fraud, announcing the first criminal case alleging misuse of federal relief funds designated for medical providers. The egregious nature of the alleged fraud and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 30, Number 7. News Briefs: February 2021 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance 30, no. 7 (February 22, 2021) - A Michigan woman is the first in the nation to be charged criminally with misappropriating money from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the Department of Justice...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OIG to Audit Telehealth Services Provided During Pandemic by Part B and Home Health Providers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently updated its 2021 Work Plan in January to include audits of Medicare Part B and home health telehealth services by OIG’s Office...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 29, Number 43. News Briefs: December 2020

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 43 (December 7, 2020) - In a new provider compliance audit, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said The Palace at Home, a for-profit home health care agency (HHA) in Miami,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 40. News Briefs - November 2019 #2

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 40. (November 11, 2019) - - In a new Medicare compliance review, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said Angels Care Home Health in Salina, Kansas, didn’t comply with...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] OIG Work Plan & Other Federal Compliance Guidelines – 2019 Year-End Review - December 10th, 12th, 16th, 12:00 pm CT

2019 has seen a major focus by federal departments on effective compliance programs at hospitals, clinics, and home health/hospice care. Get the OIG and other government updates you need as a compliance professional or...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Finalizes 2020 Hospice Rule: Big Changes Coming

On August 6, 2019, CMS finalized its 2020 hospice rule, including adopting, without substantial modification, two controversial and material changes to the hospice benefit: Rebasing payment rates to shift about $500...more

Baker Donelson

OIG Submits Spring 2019 Semiannual Report to Congress

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG), recently published its Spring 2019 Semiannual Report to Congress. The report, released June 3, 2019, covers the period October 1, 2018...more

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