AI and the False Claims Act
HHS OIG’s Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance
Hospice Insights Podcast - Hospice Audit Updates: David Beats Goliath
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 10: Anti-Kickback Compliance for Hospice and Skilled Nursing Providers
Healthcare Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidances (ICPGs)
AGG Talks: Home Health & Hospice Podcast - Episode 7: OIG Report Reveals Gaps in Hospice PRF Compliance: What Providers Need to Know
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
OMG. . .The OIG is at it Again
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Navigating GSA Audits Compliance Strategies and Best Practices
DE Under 3: US DOL Inspector General’s Office Report Cites IT Modernization & Security Concerns
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
Episode 280 -- Healthcare Compliance and Fraud
Heed Caution: Takeaways From the OIG's Advance Care Planning Report
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
UPIC Report Card: The OIG’s Evaluation of the UPICs Provides Insight Into the Future of Hospice Audits
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series | Pulling the Strings: New OIG Audits Scrutinize How Hospices Used Provider Relief Funds
Beyond Hospice: And They’re Off! The OIG’s Nationwide Review of Hospice Eligibility Has Begun
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for June 2025, including a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) innovation model; proposed rules with significant...more
Recent updates to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute give providers additional flexibility to enter into innovative arrangements, but before doing so, providers must ensure they understand the safe harbor requirements...more
OIG and CMS, through a coordinated effort, have issued sweeping and much-anticipated final changes to the Anti-kickback and Stark rules. These changes are generally industry-friendly. Introduction - On November 20,...more
As promised, our team has been studying the two final rules published by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) (one by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and one by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...more
On Friday of last week, HHS published two long-awaited final rules implementing significant changes to the regulations under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The two final rules are: (i) Revisions to the Safe...more
On November 20, 2020, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized significant changes to the regulations implementing the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), the Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the Stark...more
President Donald Trump’s action to repeal 2010’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) should not be a surprise. After all, President Trump, along with many other candidates for office, made repeal of the ACA a...more
This Week: The Senate and House pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act but without enough votes to override a potential veto... However, this is the first time repeal legislation makes it to the President’s...more