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OIG Advisory Opinion 25-08: Unfavorable DME – Vendor Payment Arrangement

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On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 25-08, an unfavorable opinion discussing a proposed arrangement in which a medical device company...more

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FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest — Fall 2024 False Claims Act Newsletter

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Welcome to the Fall 2024 issue of “FCA Enforcement & Compliance Digest,” our quarterly newsletter in which we compile essential updates on False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement trends, litigation, agency guidance, and compliance...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Key Takeaways from the OIG’s New Comprehensive General Compliance Program Guidance

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) on November 6, 2023, marking the first update to OIG’s compliance program guidance...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Expect the Expected: OIG Remains Suspicious of Suspect Contractual Joint Ventures in Advisory Opinion Involving IONM Industry

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On August 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 23-05, finding that an entity’s proposal to facilitate referring surgeons’ ownership of turnkey...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

OIGs Report on Expanded Telehealth Service Access and Use, Program Integrity Risks During Year One of COVID-19 Pandemic

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup recently published an expansive report that highlighted the sheer volume of expanded access to and use of telehealth services in certain federal...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Analysis of Recent OIG Advisory Opinion on Employment of Excluded Individuals

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a favorable advisory opinion, OIG Advisory Opinion No. 22-11 (the “Opinion”), analyzing the proposed employment of an individual...more

King & Spalding

OIG Publishes the Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress

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On June 6, 2022, OIG released its Semiannual Report to Congress (the Report) which summarizes the agency’s activities from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022 (the Reporting Period). Among other accomplishments, the...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health...

Contingency management (CM) is a form of intervention treatment program that incentivizes patients with substance use disorders to observe certain conditions—such as non-use of drugs or alcohol confirmed via urine drug...more

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Millennium Health to Pay $256 million in False Claims Act Settlement

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Millennium Health, one of the nation’s largest urine drug testing laboratories, has agreed to pay the government $256 million to resolve claims that it violated the Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”). The Settlement...more

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