Tag: Office of Inspector General
OIG Advisory Opinion Permits Refunding Device Purchase Price Under Limited Conditions
On September 17, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-10 regarding a proposed arrangement in which a surgical device and wound care product manufacturer (“Manufacturer”) will offer its hospital customers (“Customer”) who purchase the following three products for use in a joint replacement surgery: (i) […]
OIG Seeks Comments to Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP Related to ‘Patient Centered Care’
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published today a request for information (RFI) seeking ways in which it might modify or add new safe harbors to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and exceptions to the definition of “remuneration” in the beneficiary inducement provision of the Civil […]
OIG Releases Report Re: Open Payments Program
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on its review of the Open Payments program, titled “OPEN PAYMENTS DATA: REVIEW OF ACCURACY, PRECISION, AND CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING.” The OIG reviewed data from calendar year 2015 available as of June 2016. The OIG’s key takeaway […]
OIG Advisory Opinion Permits Limited Provision of Free Telemedicine Hardware and Services
On May 31, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-03 regarding an arrangement in which a not-for-profit Federally qualified health center look-alike (Provider) would provide, at no charge, certain information technology-related equipment and services to a County Department of Health health clinic (County Clinic) for […]
OIG Advisory Opinion Approves Ostomy Supply Distributor to Provide Free Product Samples
On Monday, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-02 regarding an arrangement in which the Requestor who distributes and sells, but does not manufacture, certain ostomy products (Products) provides a limited number of free Product samples to patients and contracts with a third party (Contractor) to […]
OIG Permits Drug Companies To Provide Free Medications in Limited Circumstances to Patients for 2018 Following Advisory Opinion Rescission
As we discussed last month, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) rescinded Advisory Opinion 06-04 (Opinion 06-04), provided to a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable patient assistance program (PAP) because it determined that the PAP failed to fully, completely and accurately disclose all relevant and material facts to the OIG and failed […]
OIG Releases December Work Plan Items; Focus on Opioid Prescribing Continues
As we announced earlier this year, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is updating its Work Plan monthly rather than its previous twice-yearly publications. The December updates include 6 new Work Plan items: Status Update on States’ Efforts on Medicaid-Provider Enrollment. OIG will follow-up on a previous review to determine the extent to […]
