Hospice Insights Podcast - Where’s the Line: When Does Poor Quality Create False Claims Liability
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
In November 2024, the Office of Inspector General at Health and Human Services released its Nursing Facility: Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance. The document is part of an effort to modernize how HHS OIG...more
In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) published the long-awaited Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Nursing Facilities (“Nursing...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing facilities...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently released Administrative Information 24-05-NH to provide guidance to surveyors on areas of focus for Federal Monitoring Surveys (“FMS”). The document identifies...more
A report released by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) on September 1, 2023, details key emergency preparedness challenges reported by nursing homes situated in...more
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
News Briefs - WHO Warns Rapid Adoption of AI in Healthcare Could Be Dangerous - The World Health Organization is warning that the "meteoric" rise of artificial intelligence tools in healthcare threatens the safety of patients...more
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant activity between June 21 and July 20, 2022. During this period, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade, which historically...more
Ensuring compliance with the False Claims Act has never been more important for healthcare providers. By March 2020, we saw healthcare professionals standing at the forefront of one of the greatest health crises in a...more
As 2020, thankfully, comes to a close, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the first of several reports on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes and the effectiveness...more
Despite the mounting pressures on healthcare entities related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and recent announcements of regulatory waivers and flexibility in particular areas, regulators are still showing interest in...more
Recent developments by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) highlight the increase in scrutiny of nursing facilities. In addition to a topic added in August, the OIG...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently updated its Work Plan in August 2018 to add an additional topic focusing on nursing facilities that receive Medicare and...more
As we recently announced, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is updating its Work Plan monthly rather than its previous twice-yearly publications. The September updates include 9 new Work Plan items: Federal Marketplace...more
The lack of good care in nursing homes is a very real problem. Owners trying to enhance the bottom line often run with thin staffs, and it is the patient who suffers. For example, bed sores can cause terrible injuries and...more
On November 10, 2016, the Office of Inspector General (“the OIG”) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) is charged with ensuring the integrity of more than 100 programs administered by DHHS, including...more
On June 17, 2011, CMS published a memorandum detailing the reporting requirements when there is a reasonable suspicion of a crime in a long-term care facility as required by section 1150B of the Social Security Act....more