Tag Archives: OIG

Beware of Excluded Individuals and Entities

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

By: Anne Novick Branan One of the recent enforcement trends landing practitioners in hot water is the federal government’s pursuit of those who employ Medicare or Medicaid excluded individuals or entities. Federal statutes allow the Office of Inspector General for … Continue reading →

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Mount Sinai Affiliated Hospitals to Pay $3 Million Settlement for Delaying Medicaid Overpayments

Posted on September 21, 2016 by

By: Fred Segal On August 24, 2016, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in conjunction with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced that it settled a whistleblower … Continue reading →

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6 ways health care providers can reduce fraud, waste and abuse risks in 2016

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

By: Michael Bittman Health care providers such as hospitals and doctors face a variety of legal risks: malpractice, tax, and fraud, waste and abuse. Recent cases have shown that fraud, waste and abuse exposure can dwarf the risk of malpractice … Continue reading →

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Do Not Expect the Pace of Change to Slow in 2016

Posted on December 2, 2015 by

By: Stephen Siegel This year  has been a challenging one for healthcare providers. Just to recall, a few of the challenges in 2015 were: the final implementation of ICD-10; two multi-million dollar Civil False Claims settlements involving physician-hospital relationships in … Continue reading →

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Exclusion from the Federal Health Care Programs; Is It an Economic Death Sentence?

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

By: Stephen Siegel Physicians and other healthcare providers must contend with a number of what economists call “barriers to entry,” that must be overcome before they can successfully provide healthcare items and services to the public. Some of these barriers, … Continue reading →

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Shachi Mankodi Hosts Florida Bar CLE Webinar

Posted on March 12, 2015 by

Shachi Mankodi, an Associate in Broad and Cassel’s Fort Lauderdale office, recently hosted a webinar for the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar. “The OIG Work Plan and Other Relevant News for Healthcare Attorneys” covered the newest OIG initiatives … Continue reading →

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Broad and Cassel Attorneys Published in Compliance Today

Posted on February 16, 2015 by

Attorneys Hannah Levinson and Stephen Siegel each contributed articles to the February 2015 issue of the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Compliance Today magazine. Please visit the links below to view their articles. Prescription drug copayment coupons come under OIG … Continue reading →

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Reasonable Compensation for Nonprofit Providers

Posted on June 30, 2014 by

Please click here to read Christine Burke Worthen’s recent article from The Advisory Board Company Health Care Law Rountable’s General Counsel Agenda (page 7).

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OIG Issues Special Fraud Alert Focusing on Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians

Posted on June 25, 2014 by

By: Stephen H. Siegel, Esq. On June 25, 2014, the HHS- Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued its “Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians.” The OIG focused on blood-specimen collection, processing, and packaging arrangements, as well as so-called … Continue reading →

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Accountable Care Organizations and Patient Safety

Posted on May 27, 2014 by

By: Vanessa Reynolds The Affordable Care Act created incentives for Accountable Care Organization (ACO) providers to coordinate patient care across inpatient and outpatient settings to avoid unnecessary duplication of services and to improve patient outcomes. The latter are often dependent … Continue reading →

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