Nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must comply with certain mandatory compliance program requirements of participation (ROPs).

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Nursing Facility Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (Nursing Facility ...

New nursing home compliance guidance issued by a federal watchdog agency includes several new provisions that indicate executives and investors could face more scrutiny in years ahead. The tougher ...

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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General ("OIG") recently issued final guidance on a host of issues relevant to voluntary compliance programs for small practices.

A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released Monday suggests that a majority of New Jersey nursing homes in OIG's audit failed to ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must take significant steps to enhance its HIPAA audit program to ensure stronger protection of electronic ...

Loma Linda (Calif.) UniversityMedicalCenter failed to comply with Medicare billing requirements for 76 of 290 inpatient and outpatient claims reviewed by HHS’ Office of Inspector General during the ...

In examining how the Office of Civil Rights administered its periodic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program from January 2016 through December 2020, the U.S. Department of ...

Many hospitals are not publishing their prices in accordance with the price transparency law, a federal watchdog's new report found. The OIG analyzed data from 30 hospitals that were part of the ...

In accordance with law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are required to take actions to improve the Transportation Worker Identification ...