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May

05-18-2012: Medicaid Rates for New York State-Operated Developmental Centers May Be Excessive (A-02-11-01029)
05-15-2012: Southern California Renal Disease Council, Inc., Claimed Unallowable and Unsupported Costs Under Medicare Contract Number HHSM-500-2006-018C (A-09-11-02044); The New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Health Benefits Fund Reported Unallowable Costs on its Final 2009 Medicare Cost Report (A-02-11-01018)
05-14-2012: Medicare Compliance Review of Barnes Jewish Hospital for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-07-11-05014); Medicare Compliance Review of Indiana University Health for the Period October 2008 Through September 2010 (A-05-11-00069)
05-10-2012: Retail Pharmacies With Questionable Part D Billing (OEI-02-09-00600)
05-09-2012: LEIE Database Updated with April 2012 Exclusions and Reinstatements; Coding Trends of Medicare Evaluation and Management Services (OEI-04-10-00180); Musculoskeletal Global Surgery Fees Often Did Not Reflect the Number of Evaluation and Management Services Provided (A-05-09-00053); Cardiovascular Global Surgery Fees Often Did Not Reflect the Number of Evaluation and Management Services Provided (A-05-09-00054); Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation but Transitioned to Highmark Medicare Services in Jurisdiction 12 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-07-11-04184); Michigan Did Not Perform Eligibility Redeterminations at Least Every 12 Months for Wayne County Medicaid Beneficiaries (A-05-11-00045)
05-08-2012: Abbott Laboratories Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List
05-07-2012: OIG Posts 4 Recently Captured Fugitives; February and March Recovery Act Oversight Monthly Reports Posted
05-04-2012: One Corporate Integrity Agreement Closed
05-03-2012: Review of Outpatient Brachytherapy Medicare Payments to Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (A-04-10-06131)
05-02-2012: OIG Monthly Update Podcasts: April 2012; BHC Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List
05-01-2012: Earn Continuing Medical Education; Northwestern University Claimed Allowable Costs Under a Recovery Act Grant Audit (A-05-11-00106); Recovery Act Costs Claimed by Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, Inc. Were Generally Allowable (A-05-11-00063); Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Community Hospital of San Bernardino (A-09-11-02069); Advisory Opinion 12-05
(concerning a rewards program under which consumers would earn gasoline discounts based on the amount spent on purchases in retail stores and pharmacies, including cost-sharing amounts paid in connection with items covered by Federal health care programs.)

April

04-30-2012

Advisory Opinion 12-04
(concerning certain aspects of an exclusive contract for emergency transport services between a municipality and an ambulance company that reimburses the municipality for dispatch services and for certain costs incurred when municipal firefighters drive transports.)

04-27-2012

Medicare Overpaid Some Fiscal Year 2008 and 2009 Jurisdiction 4 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Claims That Did Not Comply With Transfer Regulations Audit (A-04-11-00078)

Utah Did Not Always Correctly Claim Medicaid Costs for Selected High-Dollar Outpatient Claims Audit (A-07-11-04177)

Missouri Did Not Always Correctly Claim Medicaid Costs for Selected High-Dollar Outpatient Claims Audit (A-07-11-04180)

Review of Medicaid Payments for Services Under New Jersey's Section 1915(c) Community Care Waiver Program From January 1, 2005, Through December 31, 2007 Audit (A-02-10-01029)

Southern California Renal Disease Council, Inc., Claimed Unallowable and Unsupported Costs Under Medicare Contract Number 500-02-NW18CH Audit (A-09-11-02005)

Review of Selected Medicaid Home Health Services Claims Made by Jewish Home and Hospital Lifecare Community Services - Manhattan LTHHCP Audit (A-02-10-01002)

04-26-2012

Advisory Opinion 12-03
(concerning a proposal by a municipal fire department to share certain costs related to dispatch and other services with hospital-based ambulance providers that participate in the local 911 emergency dispatch system.)

Updated Civil Monetary Penalties:

04-24-2012

Testimony of Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance - "Anatomy of a Fraud Bust: From Investigation to Conviction"

Status of 244 Provider Audits Identified Using Review Medicaid Integrity Contractor Analysis (OEI-05-10-00201)

04-23-2012

Medicare Payments for Drugs Used To Treat Wet Age Related Macular Degeneration (OEI-03-10-00360)

Review of the Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program in the U.S. Virgin Islands for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2009 (A-02-11-01004)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Home Care Program-Juana Diaz Properly Claimed Medicare Reimbursement for Home Health Services (A-02-11-01009)

University of Central Florida Claimed Allowable Costs Under a Recovery Act Grant (A-04-11-01006)

Illinois Did Not Report All Medicaid Overpayments In Accordance With Federal Requirements Audit (A-05-11-00044)

Postretirement Benefit Costs Claimed by Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation for Fiscal Years 1999 Through 2001 Were Reasonable and Allowable (A-07-12-00388)

Most of Mutual of Omaha's Medicare Administrative Costs Reported for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008 Were Allowable (A-07-11-03166)

04-20-2012

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Did Not Meet Program Expansion Supplement Requirements for Awarding One Affordable Care Act Grant (A-04-11-01003)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at O'Connor Hospital (A-09-12-02010)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (A-09-12-02008)

Donor Network of Arizona Did Not Fully Comply With Medicare Requirements for Reporting Organ Statistics and Related Costs in Its Fiscal Year 2009 Medicare Cost Report (A-09-11-02035)

Medicare Compliance Review of Georgetown University Hospital for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-03-11-00010)

Claim Modifier Did Not Prevent Medicare From Paying Millions in Unallowable Claims for Selected Durable Medical Equipment (A-04-10-04004)

Arizona Improperly Claimed Federal Reimbursement for Medicare Part B Premiums Paid on Behalf of Medicaid Beneficiaries (A-09-11-02009)

04-18-2012

The Medicare-Medicaid (Medi-Medi) Data Match Program (OEI-09-08-00370)

Review of Colorado Direct Medical Service and Specialized Transportation Costs for the Medicaid School Health Services Program for State Fiscal Year 2008 (A-07-11-04185)

04-16-2012

Gaps Continue To Exist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Disasters: 2007-2010 (OEI-06-09-00270)

Medicare Compliance Review of Bay Medical Center for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-04-11-08006)

Medicare Compliance Review of Kent County Hospital for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-01-11-00537)

Review of the Pension Costs Claimed by Group Health Incorporated for Plan Years 1999 Through 2006 (A-07-12-00380)

Review of Medicare Part B Pension Costs Claimed by Group Health Incorporated for Plan Years 1987 Through 2008 (A-07-12-00379)

Audit of Group Health Incorporated's Cash Balance Pension Plan Unfunded Pension Costs for Plan Years 2003 Through 2007 (A-07-12-00376)

Review of the Pension Segmentation Requirements for the Cash Balance Pension Plan at Group Health Incorporated for the Period of September 1, 2003, to January 1, 2009 (A-07-12-00374)

Review of the Pension Segmentation Requirements for the EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC, Employees' Retirement Plan at Group Health Incorporated for the Period of January 1, 2008, to January 1, 2009 (A-07-12-00378)

04-12-2012

LEIE Database Updated with March 2012 Exclusions and Reinstatements

04-11-2012

Calloway Laboratories, Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List

Notice of Modification to Modified Advisory Opinion 08-17
(concerning Advisory Opinion No. 08-17, which was issued on 10-21-2008, as previously modified, regarding a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organization's proposed arrangement to provide counseling from a law firm regarding financially needy patients' eligibility for federal and state funded benefits programs and, for patients who appear to be eligible, assistance from the law firm in applying for benefits.)

04-10-2012

Audit of Group Health Incorporated's Local 153 Pension Plan Unfunded Pension Costs for Plan Years 1987 Through 2007 (A-07-12-00375)

04-06-2012

Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Two New CIAs Added

Review of Resident Data Reported in the Intern and Resident Information System for Medicare Cost Reports Submitted to National Government Services, Inc., and Highmark Medicare Services, Inc. (A-02-10-01007)

Review of Resident Data Reported in the Intern and Resident Information System for Medicare Cost Reports Submitted to Highmark Medicare Services, Inc., and National Government Services, Inc. (A-02-10-01006)

04-05-2012

2011 Medicaid Integrity Program Report

Iowa Improperly Claimed Some Child Care and Development Targeted Funds (A-07-11-03163)

04-04-2012

March 2012 Recovery Act Quality Control Audit Review (under Audit Activities)

04-03-2012

Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Ten CIAs closed, One New CIA added

2012 Fall Semester Legal Extern Program Announcement

Massachusetts Generally Complied With Federal and State Requirements for Medicaid Payments to Wingate Healthcare (A-01-11-00010)

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation but Transitioned to TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC, in Jurisdiction 4 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-07-11-04183)

Review of Medicaid Payments for Services Provided Under New Jersey's Section 1915(c) Community Care Waiver by Bancroft NeuroHealth From January 1, 2005, Through December 31, 2007 (A-02-09-01034)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Oregon Health & Science University (A-09-12-02011)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Catskill Regional Medical Center (A-09-12-02007)

Review of Pension Costs Claimed for Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier Reimbursement by HealthNow New York, Inc., for Fiscal Years 2000 Through 2007 (A-07-11-00367)

Review of Medicare Contractor's Pension Segmentation Requirements for the Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier Segment at HealthNow New York, Inc., a Terminated Medicare Contractor, for the Period January 1, 2002, to January 1, 2007 (A-07-11-00366)

Review of Medicare Contractor's Pension Segmentation Requirements for the Medicare Part B Segment at HealthNow New York, Inc., for the Period April 1, 1995, to January 1, 2007 (A-07-11-00363)

March

03-29-2012: NEW: Fraud Alert for People with Diabetes Podcast; Rhode Island Did Not Always Comply With State Requirements on Medicaid Payments for Hospice Services (A-01-11-00005); Review of the Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program in Washington State (A-09-10-02013); Oklahoma's Monitoring of CSBG Funds Provided to Community Action Agencies Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (A-06-10-00074)
03-28-2012: State Medicaid Fraud Control Units FY 2011 Grant Expenditures and Statistics; Medicaid Fraud Control Units Statistical Data for Fiscal Year 2011
03-27-2012: NEW: March 2012 OIG Update Podcast; Advisory Opinion 12-02
(concerning a proposal to operate a website that would display coupons and advertising from health care providers, suppliers, and other entities.); Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Two CIAs closed
03-26-2012: February 23,2012 Pharmaceutical Compliance Roundtable Report; Life Watch Services, Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List; Ohio Medicaid Costs for Home Blood-Glucose Test Strips Could Be Reduced by Approximately 50 Percent (A-05-11-00098); A Medicare Contractor's Claimed Administrative Costs Were Generally Allowable (A-04-10-00067)
03-22-2012: All Smiles Dental Center, Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List; Medicaid Payments for Therapy Services in Excess of State Limits (OEI-07-10-00370)
03-21-2012: Iftikhar Ghouri Added to Most Wanted Fugitives List; Review of the Quarterly Medicaid Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program in Colorado (A-07-11-02758); Medicare Compliance Review of Brigham and Women's Hospital for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-01-11-00521)
03-20-2012: Early Assessment of Audit Medicaid Integrity Contractors (OEI-05-10-00210)
03-16-2012: St. John's Hospital Reported Costs for Outpatient Services on its 2010 Medicare Cost Report that Complied with Federal Requirements (A-05-11-00107); Review of New Mexico Medicaid Personal Care Services Provided by Ambercare Home Health (A-06-09-00062)
03-15-2012: Advisory Opinion 12-01
(concerning a proposal to establish a group purchasing organization ("GPO") that would be wholly owned by an entity that also wholly owns many of the potential participants in the GPO, and to pass through to participants in the GPO a portion of the payments received by the GPO from vendors.); Questionable Billing for Medicare Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility Services (OEI-09-09-00380)
03-14-2012: Review of CERT Errors Overturned Through the Appeals Process for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (A-01-11-00504); Review of Medicaid Administrative Costs Claimed by New Jersey for State Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 (A-02-08-01009); Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Bates County Memorial Hospital (A-09-12-02009); Audit of HealthNow New York, Inc.'s Unfunded Pension Costs for 1995 Through 2006 (A-07-11-00365)
03-13-2012: Fraud Alert for People with Diabetes; LEIE Database Updated with February 2012 Exclusions and Reinstatements; Documentation of Coverage Requirements for Medicare Home Health Claims (OEI-01-08-00390); Review of Pension Costs Claimed for the Medicare Part B Segment by HealthNow New York Inc. for Fiscal Years 1995 Through 2006 (A-07-11-00364); Southern California Renal Disease Council, Inc., Claimed Unallowable and Unsupported Costs Under Medicare Contract Number 500-03-NW18 (A-09-10-02045)
03-08-2012: Piedmont Hospital Did Not Fully Comply With Medicare Requirements for Obtaining and Reporting Credits for Replacement Cardiac Medical Devices (A-04-11-03065); Wayne State University Claimed Allowable Costs Under Recovery Act Grant No. R01GM084248 (A-05-11-00097)
03-06-2012: Recovery Act Oversight January 2012 Report; Odyssey Healthcare Services, Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List; Review of Community Services Block Grant Costs for the Period October 1, 2007, Through September 30, 2010, Claimed for the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. (A-01-11-02507)
03-05-2012: NEW: Compliance 101; Quality Assurance and Care Provided at HRSA-Funded Health Centers (OEI-09-06-00420); Intermediate Sanctions for Noncompliant Home Health Agencies (OEI-06-11-00401); Nebraska Did Not Properly Pay Some Medicare Part B Deductibles and Coinsurance (A-07-11-03168); Contract Provisions for the Hawaii QUEST Expanded Access Risk Share Program Not Implemented (A-09-12-02006); Federal Survey Requirements Not Always Met for Three California Nursing Homes Participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs (A-09-11-02019); Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at NorthBay Medical Center (A-09-11-02071)
03-02-2012: Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Four CIAs closed
03-01-2012: Review of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Event Data for Schedule II Drugs at CVS Caremark Corporation (A-09-11-02074); Audit of Palmetto GBA's Medicare Part B Final Administrative Cost Proposals for Fiscal Years 2007 Through 2009 (A-04-11-04013); Review of Michigan Medicaid Payments to Terminated Providers for Posttermination Services (A-05-10-00082)

February

02-28-2012

Limited Oversight of Home Health Agency OASIS Data (OEI-01-10-00460)

Medicare Compliance Review of University of California, San Diego, Medical Center for Calendar Years 2008 and 2009 (A-09-11-02055)

Medicare Compliance Review of John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, for Calendar Years 2008 Through 2010 (A-09-11-02060)

02-27-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: A Toolkit for Health Care Boards

Excluded Providers in Medicaid Managed Care Plans (OEI-07-09-00630)

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. CIA Amended

02-24-2012

Medicare Advantage Organizations' Identification of Potential Fraud and Abuse (OEI-03-10-00310)

Claremont McKenna College's Costs Claimed Under the Recovery Act for National Institutes of Health Grant 1R15GM088748-01 Were Allowable (A-09-11-01008)

02-23-2012

Review of Medicare Acute Care Inpatient Same-Day Readmissions at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. (A-03-11-00008)

02-22-2012

Early Assessment of Review Medicaid Integrity Contractors (OEI-05-10-00200)

02-21-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: How to Use the Exclusions Database

02-17-2012

Review of Medicaid Payments for Nonemergency Medical Transportation Services Claims Submitted by Providers in New York State (A-02-09-01024)

Review of Outpatient Claims Processed by Wisconsin Physicians Service That Included Procedures for the Insertion of Multiple Units of the Same Type of Medical Device in Calendar Years 2008 and 2009 (A-01-11-00532)

02-16-2012

SAMHSA's Administration of Grants (OEI-07-10-00220)

Pilot Project to Obtain Missing Documentation Identified in the Fiscal Year 2010 CERT Program (A-01-11-00502)

02-14-2012

Maricel & Eugenio Hernandez Added to Most Wanted List

FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification

FY 2011 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Report

02-13-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: How to Report Fraud to the OIG

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) FY 2011 Report

Vermont Did Not Always Follow Federal Requirements in Claiming Title IV-E Training Costs (A-01-11-02508)

Medicare Compliance Review of Riverside Methodist Hospital for Calendar Years 2008 Through 2010 (A-05-11-00058)

Medicare Compliance Review of St. Vincent's Medical Center for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-01-11-00517)

Review of Outpatient Brachytherapy Medicare Payments to Carolinas Medical Center (A-04-11-06135)

Review of Pension Costs Claimed for Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation for Fiscal Years 1990 to 2007 (A-07-11-00369)

02-10-2012

LEIE Database Updated with January 2012 Exclusions and Reinstatements

Updated Civil Monetary Penalties:

Review of Nebraska's Medicaid Payments for Dual Eligible Individuals' Medicare Part A Deductibles and Coinsurance (A-07-11-03161)

Review of the Pension Segmentation Requirements for the Represented Employees' Retirement Income Plan at Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation for the Period of August 1, 1998, to December 31, 2007 (A-07-11-00356)

Medicare Compliance Review of Kendall Regional Medical Center for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-04-11-07022)

Medicare Compliance Review of Springhill Medical Center for Calendar Years 2008 and 2009 (A-04-11-03067)

Review of Illinois' Reporting of Fund Recoveries in the Appeals Process on the Form CMS-64 (A-05-11-00052)

02-08-2012

OIG Alerts Physicians to Exercise Caution When Reassigning Their Medicare Payments

November 2011 and December 2011 Recovery Reports

02-06-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: OIG's Self Disclosure Protocol

Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Nine CIAs closed

02-02-2012

2011 Top Management & Performance Challenges

02-01-2012

Tampa Pathology Laboratory and Dr. José SuarezHoyos Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List

Results of Limited Scope Review at Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Inc. (A-01-11-02505)

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, LLC, in Jurisdiction 4 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-06-10-00045)

Oregon Improperly Claimed Federal Reimbursement for Medicaid Family Planning Services Provided Under the Family Planning Expansion Project (A-09-11-02010)

Community Health Center of Burlington, Inc., Generally Complied With Terms of the Recovery Act Grants and Federal Regulations (A-01-11-01501)

January

01-30-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: Importance of Documentation

Review of Acute Care Inpatient Same-Day Readmissions at St. Mary's Hospital (A-03-11-00009)

Review of Medicaid Payments for School-Based Health Services Made to Manchester, New Hampshire (A-01-10-00014)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Supported Costs Related to the National Institutes of Health Recovery Act Grant (A-06-11-00054)

01-27-2012

Lack of Data Regarding Physicians Opting Out of Medicare (OEI-07-11-00340)

01-25-2012

Podcast: Radiological and Nuclear Preparedness

Local Public Health Preparedness for Radiological and Nuclear Incidents (OEI-04-10-00250)

01-24-2012

Office of Counsel Health Care Litigation Specialist Vacancy Announcement

01-23-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: Tips for Implementing an Effective Compliance Program

Review of Controls at SilverScript Insurance Company to Ensure Adherence to Formularies (A-07-11-06029)

Review of Oklahoma Collections for the Medical Assistance Program for Calendar Years 2004 Through 2009 (A-06-10-00057)

Review of Resident Data Reported in the Intern and Resident Information System for Medicare Cost Reports Submitted to Highmark Medicare Services, Inc. (A-02-09-01019)

01-20-2012

Nationwide Program for National and State Background Checks for Long-Term-Care Employees-Results of Long-Term-Care Provider Administrator Survey (OEI-07-10-00421)

01-19-2012

Enforcement Action: 10 Individuals Arrested in Puerto Rico for Health Care Fraud

Related Photo: Office of Inspector General agents arresting one of ten suspects detained in Puerto Rico on Medicare Fraud charges

01-18-2012

Gobinder S. Chopra, M.D. and G.S. Chopra, CHTD. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List

01-17-2012

Child Support Enforcement: Deadbeat parents earn spot on New Most Wanted list

Press Release: OIG Introduces 'Most Wanted' List of Deadbeat Parents

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: Compliance Program Basics

01-12-2012

Review of Medicaid Personal Care Claims Submitted by Providers in New Jersey (A-02-09-01002)

Review of Medicare Acute Care Inpatient Same-Day Readmissions at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital (A-03-10-00013)

01-10-2012

Comparison of Average Sales Prices to Widely Available Market Prices for Selected Drugs (OEI-03-10-00280)

01-09-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: OIG Guidance

New State False Claims Act Review Letter: Iowa

Updated Corporate Integrity Agreement List - Two CIAs closed

01-06-2012

LEIE Database Updated with December 2011 Exclusions and Reinstatements

Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm (OEI-06-09-00091)

Medicare Compliance Review of Broward General Medical Center for Calendar Years 2008 and 2009 (A-04-11-07021)

Medicare Compliance Review of MetroWest Medical Center for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-01-11-00513)

01-04-2012

Comparison of Second-Quarter 2011 Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Impact on Medicare Reimbursement for Fourth Quarter 2011 (OEI-03-12-00020)

01-03-2012

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: OIG discusses the Physician Self-Referral Law

Review of Costs Mobile Community Action, Inc., Allocated to Head Start Grant No. 04CH3465 (A-04-11-03538)

December

12-30-2011

Review of Excluded Providers in the Medicare Part D Program (A-07-10-06004)

Review of Arkansas' Reporting Fund Recoveries for Federal and State Medicaid Programs on the CMS-64 Report for State Fiscal Year 2009 (A-06-10-00051)

12-29-2011

Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts

12-28-2011

Questionable Billing Patterns of Portable X-Ray Suppliers (OEI-12-10-00190)

12-27-2011

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by National Government Services, Inc., in Jurisdiction 6 - Illinois and Wisconsin for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-05-10-00025)

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by NHIC, Corp., in Jurisdiction 14 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-01-10-00502)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Marian Medical Center (A-09-11-02056)

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Eisenhower Medical Center (A-09-11-02066)

Program Integrity Problems With Newly Enrolled Medicare Equipment Suppliers (OEI-06-09-00230)

12-21-2011

Review of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Event Data for Schedule II Drugs at Hawaii Medical Service Association (A-09-11-02028)

Review of Medicaid Payments to Excluded or Terminated Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers in Florida During Calendar Year 2009 (A-04-11-07020)

Review of Administrative and Clerical Costs at The Ohio State University for the Period July 1, 2008, Through June 30, 2010. (A-05-11-00030)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Met Applicable Medicare Payment Requirements for Yttrium-90 Brachytherapy Claims (A-04-11-06139)

Luciano Velazquez Added to Most Wanted Fugitives List

Brian C. Lerner, M.D. and Lerner, M.D., P.A. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List

Audits of Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors (OEI-03-09-00330)

NIH Administration of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program (OEI-07-09-00300)

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges for Outpatient Services Processed by Pinnacle in Jurisdiction 7 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-06-10-00046)

12-20-2011

Advisory Opinion 11-19
(concerning the use of a "preferred hospital" network as part of Medicare Supplemental Health Insurance ("Medigap") policies.)

12-19-2011

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: OIG discusses the False Claims Act

12-16-2011

Addressing Vulnerabilities Reported by Medicare Benefit Integrity Contractors (OEI-03-10-00500)

Updated Civil Monetary Penalties:

12-15-2011

Medicaid Managed Care: Fraud and Abuse Concerns Remain Despite Safeguards (OEI-01-09-00550)

12-14-2011

Spotlight on... Head Start Health and Safety

Vulnerabilities in FDA's Oversight of State Food Facility Inspections (OEI-02-09-00430)

Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Program: 2011 Report to Congress (OEI-04-11-00450)

12-13-2011

Review of 24 Head Start Grantees' Compliance With Health and Safety Requirements (A-01-11-02503)

12-12-2011

NEW Compliance Training Videos & Audio Podcasts: OIG discusses the Federal Anti-kickback Statute

12-09-2011

Review of Medicare Outpatient Billing for Selected Drugs at Dominican Hospital (A-09-11-02046)

Medicare Compliance Review of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, Inc. for Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 (A-04-11-08003)

Medicare Compliance Review of Norwood Hospital for the Period July 2008 Through June 2010 (A-01-11-00510)

Audit of Medicare Part B Administrative Costs for the Period October 1, 2006, Through September 30, 2008, at Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (A-05-09-00096)

12-08-2011

Review of Medicare Payments Exceeding Charges by $500 to $1,000 for Outpatient Services Processed by National Government Services but Transitioned to Palmetto GBA, LLC, in Jurisdiction 11 for the Period January 1, 2006, Through June 30, 2009 (A-03-11-00005)

Recovery Act Oversight October 2011 Report

Recovery Act Quality Control Audit Review Update

Merck & Co., Inc. Added to Corporate Integrity Agreements List

12-07-2011

Testimony of Gary Cantrell, Assistant Deputy Inspector General for Investigations before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight & Government Reform; Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management; and Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives - "A Medicaid Fraud Victim Speaks Out: What's Going Wrong and Why?"

Advisory Opinion 11-18
(concerning an online service that would facilitate the exchange of information between health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers.)

LEIE Database Updated with November 2011 Exclusions and Reinstatements

12-06-2011