The recent events in Ukraine have resulted in an unprecedented imposition of crippling financial sanctions against Russia by the United States, the European Union and multiple countries around the globe. For the U.S., th...

On January 19, 2021, sweeping new regulations related to both the CMS Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark) and OIG’s Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) went into effect, notwithstanding technical issuance deficiencies.  R...

The Compliance Institute (CI), a flagship event held by Health Care Compliance Association® (HCCA), has been supporting practitioners with educational and networking opportunities for two and a half decades. This confer...

Background On December 9, 2021, security researchers discovered a flaw (also referred to as a vulnerability) in the code of a software library used for logging security and performance information. The Apache software...

Introduction The 2021 Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing HHS is an annual publication of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG has identified six t...

As the keynote speaker at the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Compliance Institute on April 21, 2021 the HHS OIG Deputy Inspector Christi Grimm reviewed the OIG’s top 10 compliance priorities for 2021 and bey...

The first COVID-related federal stimulus payments were sent in the spring of 2020. Unfortunately, payments were sent to millions of taxpayers who were deceased at the time of payment. Not only did this draw attention ...

In the spring of 2021, the Oregon Health Authority which is largely responsible for Oregon Medicaid programs added two provider names to the state list of sanctioned providers for the first time. While plans for a popula...

HHS OIG: A BRIEF HISTORY A U.S. federal Inspector General (IG) is the head of an independent, non-partisan organization established within each executive branch agency. It is assigned to audit and investigate the agen...