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OIG Publishes First Advisory Opinions of the Year
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) kicked off the new year with four new advisory opinions covering retiring physicians, preferred hospital organization...
HHS OIG Issues General Guidance as First Step in Effort to Modernize Compliance Guidance
As promised back in April in an announcement of its plans to modernize compliance program guidance, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the first ...
OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion Concerning Pathology Lab’s Proposed Purchased Services Arrangements
On September 28, 2023, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-06, involving a proposed services arrangement between a path...
OIG Permits Multi-Specialty Practice to Pay Doctors Bonuses for Outpatient Procedures
In an advisory opinion released on October 13, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) approved a plan by a muti-specialty practice to pay its employed...
OIG Issues Unfavorable Advisory Opinion, Upholding Longstanding Contractual Joint Venture Concerns
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an unfavorable advisory opinion (the “Opinion”) last Friday in which it refused to bless a propos...
OIG again approves online health directory’s use of appointment and advertising fees
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory opinion permitting a technology company to charge health care providers “per booking�...
OIG Finalizes Information Blocking Penalties
Three years after the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a final rule that defined and clarified th...
OIG announces Modernization of Compliance Program Guidance
On April 24, 2023, the OIG formally announced that it will be modernizing its existing Compliance Program Guidance (“CPG”). The OIG has provided a CPG for various industry subsections since 1...
OIG Approves Charity’s Modifications to Plan to Purchase and Forgive Medical Debt
On April 24, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a modification to advisory opinion 20-04, from July 2020, where the OIG opined fav...
OIG approves lab company’s gift card proposal for colorectal cancer screening kits
On March 24, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an advisory opinion in response to a proposal by a laboratory test kit company to ...