The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) still has $1.6 billion to collect in Medicaid overpayments, news revealed through Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits. A new December OIG report explains that CMS's timely recovery of overpayments helps to confirm that federal funds are being used effectively and...National News
The Office of the Inspector General's opined that when a Medicaid insurer provides financial incentives to network providers for increasing the number of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) services, such incentives would not violate the Anti-Kickback Statute.
In the proposed arrangement, network providers...Arizona News
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit on Thursday, Sept. 6 revealing over $101 million in overpayments during a one-year period to two contracted third party administrators under the Veterans Choice Program: Health Net Federal Services and TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation.
An...National News
A federal report conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on Tuesday revealed how some hospices take advantage of Medicare payments and in some cases, are negligent of patients.
Hospice services can play an essential role in ensuring the comfort of terminally ill patients. It is a popular Medicare benefit and...
