Office Of Inspector General

The newest version of the House’s 21st Century Cures bill would expand civil monetary penalties to cover false claims related to contracts and grants funded by Medicare and Medicaid, as well as other...

Slightly more than half of the nation’s nursing facilities reported abuse or neglect allegations as required in 2012, a new report from the Office of Inspector General alleges. Such relatively low...

Only about half of nursing facilities correctly reported abuse or neglect allegations in 2012, indicating that the government needs to provide more guidance and oversight, according to a new report from...

Revenues from Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General audits and investigations for the the first half of fiscal 2014 are expected to drop almost $1 billion from the same period...

Long-term care groups are among those hailing a federal study that raises critical questions about hospitals’ apparent over-use of “observation stay” designations for patients.

How can the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services correlate quality of care and reimbursement? You always need to remember that Medicare is an insurance plan. As such, Medicare has rules, just like...

Medicaid personal care services are ripe for abuse, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.

Home health agencies received $5 million in overpayments for dubious Medicare claims filed in 2010, federal investigators have found.

Eliminating Medicare and Medicaid fraud should be a priority for the Department of Health and Human Services as it works to implement healthcare reform programs, according to a new report.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General would like to see a national drug pricing benchmark. In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the IG said the...