HIPAA Breaches in the First Four Months of 2018
Reported HIPAA Data Breaches in April: Another 120,000 Patients at Risk The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office…
OIG Advisory Opinion on February 2018 Effect of Exclusion Case
Background In February 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion…
DOJ and OIG Cited High-Risk Areas Are Not Compliance Officer’s Highest Priorities for 2018
Compliance Officer priorities conflict with enforcement agencies Register for Complimentary Webinar on Results SAI Global and Strategic Management Services recently…
Congress Raises Concerns of Inadequate Patient Protection in Skilled Nursing Facilities
The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (the Committee) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
2017 OIG Report on Medicaid Fraud Control Units
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued its annual report on state…
OIG Reports $2.4 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Judgments and Settlements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of…
HIPAA Is Now The Highest Compliance Officer Priority
The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with 388 responding organizations.…
2018 Compliance Survey Results Relating to Hotlines
The 2018 Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with a…
Compliance Offices are Continuing to Take on More Duties
The annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey for 2018 (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services. It further…
2018 Staffing Levels For Healthcare Compliance Offices
The Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey for 2018 (Survey) was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services. It was the…
OIG Testifies on the Opioid Crisis in Federal Healthcare Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) provided congressional testimony on the opioid crisis…
DOJ Granston Memorandum on Evaluating Whistleblower Cases
Michael Granston, Director of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Fraud Section, recently issued an internal “general framework” memorandum (“Granston…