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 April 2025, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updates to Medicare Advantage (MA) and other Medicare programs....more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for February 2025, including long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more
As we begin a year that will once again be transformative for the industry, we are excited to present our comprehensive 2024 year-in-review, highlighting all that has happened and the trends that will shape 2025. ...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for July 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including a final rule on provider...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for May 2024. We discuss several notable cases and enforcement resolutions, including the US Court of Appeals for the District of...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is tasked with providing objective oversight to protect the integrity and promote the efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and more than...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for August 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for May 2023. We discuss several criminal and civil enforcement actions that involve violations of the False Claims Act (FCA)...more
On April 20, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) released a new toolkit designed to help analyze telehealth claims to assess federal healthcare program...more
As reported previously, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published two proposed rules that seek to implement wholesale changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and...more
The Situation: Telehealth services continue to evolve and show promise for improving quality care, care coordination, and access to services while also reducing the costs of care. The Action: The Office of Inspector...more
In an effort to modernize and clarify a statute that looms large in the minds of health care providers across the nation, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently...more
This Client Alert serves as the second in a three-part series in which we describe and analyze the rules proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) as part of its...more
Starting today, the industry has 75 days to provide input on the proposed rules published in the Federal Register regarding the future enforcement of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). ...more
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can share costs of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services among their hospitals, providers/suppliers, and other ACO participants, according to federal regulations under the...more