Briggs Healthcare has announced a partnership with BCG Research to help providers achieve the technical and data requirements for corporate compliance.
Senate hearing, staggering OIG report underline need to address seniors’ substance use disorders
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 15, 2023
A Congressional hearing and a stunning new report issued by a government watchdog Thursday show seniors need more help accessing care for substance use disorders, finding providers willing to treat them...
OIG report: FDA slow to evaluate generic drug applications
Jun 17, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration disapproved 96% of applications for generic drug approval in 2006, according to a report recently released from the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General.
NY challenged to improve oversight of nursing home emergency preparedness compliance
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2019
New York nursing homes are lagging in emergency preparedness and life safety, the federal government said Friday.
Ask the payment expert
By
Patricia Boyer
Sep 01, 2007
What should our facility do to minimize our risk of medical review?
CMS rule allows agency to exclude providers from programs
By
Haymarket Media
Jul 25, 2007
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a final rule this month that allows the agency to exclude providers from federal health programs.
Nurses who don’t pay taxes or student loans could trigger penalties for SNFs, expert says
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 07, 2014
Registered nurses who default on a student loan or fail to pay taxes could put a skilled nursing facility in the crosshairs of federal fraud investigators, a compliance expert told an audience Sunday at...
CMS, OIG agree on increasing scrutiny of psychotropic drug use
By
Joe Bush
Nov 18, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be increasing its oversight of the use of psychotropic drugs to pay closer attention to certain classes, warned the lead author of a federal report identifying...
OIG eyes COVID-19 reporting requirements for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2021
More scrutiny will soon be placed on the federal government’s COVID-19 reporting requirements for providers and how they’re handled. The Office of Inspector General ratcheted up pressure Tuesday when...
OIG to states: Give more protection to Medicaid whistleblowers
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 29, 2012
Tennessee needs to toughen up its Medicaid false claims law, the federal government says, and that might not be good for providers.