9/9/2025 4:15:34 PM HHS Announces Crackdown on Health Data Blocking By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle In the first week of September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a renewed enforcement focus on...
8/19/2025 10:45:51 PM HHS-OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion to Device Manufacturer under the Small Entity Safe Harbor By Jessica Christensen The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued Advisory Opinion No. 25-09 on August 12,...
7/29/2025 11:01:08 PM OIG Approves Free Companion Diagnostic Testing Program for Enzyme Inhibitor Drug By Nancy Halstead Nicole Aiken-Shaban Ryan Pate The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion (Advisory...
7/18/2025 2:00:00 PM OIG Says Proposal to Pay for Third Party Billing Portal Poses Unacceptable AKS Risk By Sarah Cummings Stewart The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an advisory opinion (Advisory Opinion...
7/16/2025 3:50:49 PM OIG Green-Lights Travel Assistance for Pediatric Gene Therapy By Cailin Harrington The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an advisory opinion, concluding that it would...
7/10/2025 3:29:34 PM OIG Advisory Opinion Supports Plan to Reimburse for Needle Stick Injuries By Sarah Cummings Stewart Peter Terreri Matthew Loughran In an advisory opinion released June 30th, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) confirmed...
7/8/2025 2:37:52 AM HHS Announces Policy on Criminal Referrals for Regulatory Violations By Rebecca Jones McKnight Nancy Halstead Matthew Loughran The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new general policy on what factors the agency will take into...
7/7/2025 1:26:53 PM OIG Issues Unfavorable Opinion to Device Manufacturer By Nancy Halstead Nicole Aiken-Shaban Caitlin Chambers The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released Advisory Opinion 25-04, concluding that a...
7/3/2025 3:07:10 PM DOJ and HHS Launch Joint False Claims Act Working Group By Scot T. Hasselman Selina Coleman Allie Klimkiewicz On July 2, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of a new...
6/24/2025 11:18:31 AM OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion 25-03 Regarding Telehealth Arrangement By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released Advisory Opinion 25-03, offering...
1/8/2025 1:14:25 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Dental Equipment Supplier’s Loyalty Program By Carol Loepere Craig Anderson Elliot Race The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion related to a proposed...
12/18/2024 4:03:43 PM OIG Issues Voluntary Compliance Guidance for Nursing Facilities By Sonia Nguyen Allie Klimkiewicz A year after issuing its General Compliance Program Guidance, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General...
9/13/2024 2:27:20 AM HHS OIG won’t enforce antifraud statutes against patient assistance program By Roswill Mejia The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion regarding...
7/16/2024 3:09:36 PM HHS Finalizes Rule on Health Care Provider Information Blocking Penalties By Nancy Halstead Vicki Tankle Garrison Ambrose Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”)...
7/1/2024 3:20:29 PM OIG Issues Favorable Opinion on Drug Assistance Programs By Jessica Christensen The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion that relates...
6/25/2024 1:06:41 AM OIG Approves Travel and Lodging Assistance for Patients Receiving Gene Therapy By Megan K. Ali On June 17, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion, approving a...