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Recent IG Related News (2006)

• April 24, 2006: An Open Letter to Health Care Providers
• OIG Advisory Opinion No. 06-03: Advisory opinion regarding a pharmaceutical company patient assistance program that provides free outpatient prescription drugs to financially-needy Medicare Part D enrollees entirely outside of the Part D benefit.
• March 28, 2006: MarchHHS:OIG Advisory Opinion, 06-02, Concerning Two Proposed Programs To Manage The Delivery Of Durable Medical Equipment And Orthotics To Be Offered To Physicians By A DME And Orthotics Manufacturer And Supplier.
• March 14, 2006: OIG Excludes Miami Hospital from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
• February 16, 2006: HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Final Rule, Published

Recent IG Related News (2005)

• Proposed Revisions to the Medical Staff Credentialing and Privileging Standards
• Testimony of George M. Reeb, Assistant Inspector General
  for CMS Audits on "Medicaid: Financial Mechanisms to Shift Costs to the Federal Government."
• Review of Selected Paid Claims with Therapy Services Submitted to Medicare by Red Oak Home Health Services for the Period October 1, 2002 Through September 30, 2003 (A-09-04-00050)
• Self-Declaration of U.S. Citizenship for Medicaid (OEI-02-03-00190)
• Testimony of Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, on "Medicaid: Federal and State Oversight."
• Medicaid Financing: States' Use of Contigency-Fee Consultants to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlights Need for Improved Federal Oversight. GAO-05-748, June 28, 2005
• Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: CMS's Commitment to Helping States Safeguard Program Dollars Is Limited. GAO-05-855T, June 28, 2005
• Medicaid: States' Efforts to Maximize Federal Reimbursements Highlight Need for Improved Federal Oversight. GAO-05-836T, June 28, 2005
• Safe Harbor for Federally Qualified Health Centers Under the Anti-Kickback Statute
• 109th Congress 1st Session S. 1002

Focused Program

May 17-19, 2006: The 16th Annual National Institute for Health Care Fraud 2006
June 9, 2006: Physician-Legal Issues Conference

• An Open Letter to Health Care Providers
• OIG Advisory Opinion No. 06-03: Advisory opinion regarding a pharmaceutical company patient assistance program that provides free outpatient prescription drugs to financially-needy Medicare Part D enrollees entirely outside of the Part D benefit.
• Testimony of Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HHS:OIG Advisory Opinion, 06-02, Concerning Two Proposed Programs To Manage The Delivery Of Durable Medical Equipment And Orthotics To Be Offered To Physicians By A DME And Orthotics Manufacturer And Supplier.
• OIG Excludes Miami Hospital from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Final Rule

• GOA: Government Accountability Office Reports & Testimonies
• HHS: Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA