Category Archives: OIG Work Plans

Connect with our Health Care Practice at HCCA’s 16th Annual Compliance Institute

Posted on April 12, 2012 by | Comments Off

Members of our Health Care Practice will be attending and speaking at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 16th Annual Compliance Institute, April 29 – May 2, 2012, in Las Vegas Nevada. Two of our health care partners will be speaking on the following topics at the Institute -

2012 OIG Work Plan: Priorities and Concerns for Post Acute Care Providers

Alan Schabes, Esq. will be speaking with David Cade, Deputy General Counsel of the U. S. DHHS in a session entitled – 2012 OIG Work Plan: Priorities and Concerns for Post Acute Care Providers on Monday, April 30th at 4:30-5:30PM

Quality of Care Issues: Prevention and Response

Ari J. Markenson, J.D., M.P.H. will be speaking with Robert Hussar, Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP  in a session entitled Quality of Care Issues: Prevention and Response on Monday, Monday, April 30th at 11AM-12PM Continue reading →

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Posted in Benesch Events, Compliance Programs, Continuing Care, DHHS, Events, Fraud and Abuse, Health & Human Services, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, OIG Work Plans, Post Acute Care, Regulatory Compliance

OIG Work Plan 2012: Physicians

Posted on December 1, 2011 by | Comments Off

On October 5, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released its Work Plan for 2012. The OIG releases its Work Plan for each year in advance of the coming year. The Work Plan provides stakeholders in the health care industry with a broad overview of the OIG’s activities in the coming year as they relate to its enforcement priorities and issues it will review and evaluate during that fiscal year.  The Work Plan set forth the following initiatives and activities relating to physicians for 2012, most of which are new for the coming year. Continue reading →

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Posted in Fraud and Abuse, Health Care, Health Care Providers, OIG, OIG Work Plans, Out-Patient Care, Physicians, Program Integrity

OIG’s Semi-Annual Report – What’s in it for Home Health and Hospice

Posted on November 30, 2011 by | Comments Off

Well, it took me a little longer to get to this than I planned, but the Thanksgiving holiday weekend slowed me down a bit.  As promised, here is a look at what the OIG semi-annual report has to say about home health and hospice.  The good news is that, unlike in some prior years, it does not say much. Continue reading →

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Posted in Fraud and Abuse, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Home Health, Hospice, OIG, OIG Work Plans, Palliative Care, Post Acute Care, Program Integrity