by Evan Gwilliam | Oct 13, 2024 | Compliance
he Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was created in 1976 to address ten years of backlogged cases of fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) related to Medicaid programs. But it didn’t really get...
by Evan Gwilliam | Sep 15, 2024 | Compliance
In some business sectors, it is totally acceptable to offer or receive gifts to reward past or future referrals; however, this is not the case in health care. The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits asking for or receiving anything of value in exchange for referrals...