OIG’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Flexibilities End on May 11, 2023, Upon Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration

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March 28, 2023

Featured Topic: Hospice

March 27, 2023

Maryland's Child Support Administration Generally Claimed Administrative Costs That Were Allowable and Allocable A-01-22-02500

March 24, 2023

Medicare Improperly Paid Physicians an Estimated $30 Million for Spinal Facet-Joint Interventions A-09-22-03006

March 21, 2023

The District of Columbia Has Taken Significant Steps To Ensure Accountability Over Amounts Managed Care Organizations Paid to Pharmacy Benefit Managers A-03-20-00200

Enforcement Actions

March 27, 2023; U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas

Two nurses sent to prison for illegal kickback scheme

March 24, 2023; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

Mequon Man Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment for Paying Healthcare Kickbacks

March 24, 2023; U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas

Husband and wife charged in multi-million dollar home health fraud

March 23, 2023; U.S. Department of Justice

Former Florida Resident Charged in $101 Million Health Care Kickback Scheme

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