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12 Enforcement and Compliance Predictions for 2012

By Frank Sheeder on Posted in Culture, DOJ, Enforcement, Government Initiatives, ICD, Implantable Cardiac Devices, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Medicare, OIG, Reform, Settlements

This has been an interesting year for the health care industry, and I believe the coming year will be even more exhilarating.  Here are my 12 enforcement and compliance predictions for 2012.  Please comment with yours.  We’ll see how we do. . . .   Regardless of what happens with the health care reform law, the current market forces… Continue Reading

Heads Up! HHS-OIG is Emphasizing Medicaid Enforcement

By Frank Sheeder on Posted in Enforcement, Government Initiatives, Medicaid, OIG, Uncategorized

I have been saying for a while that there will be a renewed emphasis on Medicaid enforcement.  Here’s some more objective evidence of this trend:  The HHS-OIG has published Proposed Revisions of Performance Standards for State Medicaid Fraud Control Units. The current standards were promulgated in September 1994, in the aftermath of the last big health care… Continue Reading