What is an NPI Number? Provider Identifiers (NPIs) were created to ensure for accuracy and efficiency in the health care system when it comes to transmitting information that references healthcare providers electronically, with an aim to help reduce fraud and abuse. That is, with so many possible variables, a system of unique numerical identification for each provider was a clear way to streamline operations....

  Incompleteness of information on the OIG Exclusion List (LEIE) can occur for many reasons, and some are as simple as typographical errors. One of the more serious issues is the failure of many State Medica...

Solution Concept Human Resource on Blackboard The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) maintains a list of those individuals and identities who are prohibited by federal law from participating in Medicare, Medicaid, ...

  All you need to know about Arkansas Medicaid Exclusions The Arkansas Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) was established on April 23, 2013, in pursuant to the Arkansas Act 1499, whose purpose include:   ...

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Is Exclusion Screening even possible? The U.S. Government Accountability Office has recently released the results of a study conducted in order to gauge the reliability, uniformity, and exhaustibility of exclusion databa...

New York State Medicaid Exclusion New York’s Office of the Medicaid Inspector General exists to “to enhance the integrity of the New York State Medicaid program by preventing and detecting fraudulent, abusive, and wa...

OIG Background Check Basics: Not every medical practice is large enough to employ a full-time compliance officer, but every medical facility is large enough to get slammed by the OIG for messing up on some part of the sc...

Ohio Medicaid Provider Exclusion and Suspension List The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) was founded in July 2013. It is the premier Executive-level Medicaid agency of the state of Ohio. Led by Director John B. McCart...