2014 In Review – OIG Crack Down on Exclusion Violations
I. CMPs doubled in OIG Exclusion Violations 2014 Exclusion Screening, LLCSM dedicates a significant amount of time to…
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OIG Trumpets Exclusions, New Actions and Recoveries in its Semi-Annual Report to Congress
I. OIG Report In the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) semiannual report to Congress, it claimed credit for excluding…
Why Should I Screen Against Every State Exclusion List?
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Advisory Bulletin in May 2013, which states that…
Home Health and Nursing Home Facilities a Major Target for OIG Enforcement
I. Civil Monetary Penalties Twenty-five out of the fifty-five exclusion enforcement actions reported in 2014 have occurred in…
The Administrative Process of Imposing an OIG Exclusion
I. Mandatory OIG Exclusions When the Office of Inspector General (OIG) considers imposing a mandatory exclusion, it sends…
CMP Liabilities: Why Are Some Much Higher Than Others?
A quick review of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) exclusion enforcement actions might make one wonder why the…
Gary Cantrell Testimony: Failures to Report Adverse Licensing Actions Leads to Gaps in the OIG-LEIE
HHS/OIG Deputy Inspector General Gary Cantrell testified earlier this year that States are failing to report all of…
Exclusion Databases: How Difficult Is Screening and Verifying?
I. Which Exclusion Databases Do I Need to Screen? The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommends that you…