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Federal officials need to provide clearer guidance and offer a more streamlined protocol for providers willing to self-disclose Medicare overpayments, a leading long-term care group says.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ watchdog arm recently said hospice providers need stronger oversight measures. It also noted more than $5.8 billion in recoveries in fiscal 2013.

Bolstered by settlements from nursing home providers, federal health officials collected more than $2.04 billion in fraud and waste recoveries in the first half of fiscal year 2017, the Department of Health...

April 15 is not only tax day this year. It’s also the day the Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General will release a draft compliance program guidance designed to help nursing...

Nursing facility operators might be faced with this dilemma: Should I or shouldn’t I provide an overpayment self-disclosure to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General?...

New OIG state review calls for more nursing home oversight of  life safety, emergency preparedness and infection control … Skilled nursing provider settles $102K opioid treatment discrimination case...

The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services put long-term care as a main priority on its 2005 Work Plan.

The federal government reported close to $3.35 billion in expected recoveries of improper payments in fiscal year 2015, according to a new government report.

Drug substitutions saved the government $13 million last year, but more drug substitutions under Medicare Part B would have saved an additional $6 million, the Office of Inspector General for Health and...

Health officials in Kansas failed to follow up on 52% of deficiencies identified during nursing home surveys, a federal watchdog said in a report released Monday.