Tag: Office of Inspector General
OIG Releases August Work Plan Items
As we recently announced, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is updating its Work Plan monthly rather than its previous twice-yearly publications. The August updates released this week include 4 new Work Plan items: Review of Patient Safety Organization Program, including implementation of the program among hospitals and oversight by Agency for Healthcare Research […]
OIG Work Plan Will Now Be Updated Monthly; 14 New Items Added for July
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that it will begin updating its Work Plan initiatives monthly rather than its previous twice-yearly publications, which was most recently released in November 2016. The OIG Work Plan describes audits, reviews and other work statutorily required or otherwise undertaken […]
OIG Issues Final Rule Re: Exclusion Authority
The Final Rule related to the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) exclusion authority pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act), as amended by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), was released last week. The Proposed […]
OIG Issues 2017 Work Plan – PAMA, Open Payments, Drug Manufacturer Rebates Among Areas of New Focus
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued today its 2017 Work Plan. This annual publication summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities by the OIG related to various HHS programs. For example: There are at least three new areas of review related to […]
OIG Releases Criteria for Implementing Exclusion Authority
On April 18, 2016, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released updated guidance related to the criteria it may use for evaluating its permissive exclusion authority under Section 1128(b)(7) of the Social Security Act. This guidance replaces guidance previously released by the OIG in 1997. All of […]
OIG Releases FY2016 Work Plan: Areas to be Reviewed Include SNFs, Drug Pricing, HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released this week its FY2016 Work Plan (Work Plan). The OIG Work Plan summarizes new and ongoing OIG reviews of various HHS programs and activities, which are selected based on a number of factors such as mandatory OIG review […]
HHS To Launch New HIPAA Audits in Early 2016 in Response to OIG Reports
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two reports yesterday calling for the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to strengthen its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement efforts. In response to these reports, HHS announced that it […]
