What's New

See also: Archive (2025-2017)

February 2026

02-06-2026

• Updated: CMP and Affirmative Exclusions, EMTALA/Patient Dumping
• Updated: Fraud Self-Disclosures

02-05-2026

• Philadelphia Did Not Meet All of the Requirements for the COVID-19 Screening Testing Program at K-12 Schools

02-04-2026

• ACF Can Improve Services to Homeless Youth by Strengthening Grant Recipients’ Compliance With Transitional Living Program Requirements A-06-23-07001

02-03-2026

• NEW: Medicare Advantage Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG)

02-02-2026

• A Large Southeastern Hospital Could Improve Certain Security Controls to Enhance Its Ability to Prevent and Detect Cyberattacks A-18-22-08021
• Updated Fraud Risk and Heightened Scrutiny: FY 2026 Q1

January 2026

01-28-2026

• Total Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Rose in 2024, Driven by Increased Spending on Genetic Tests OEI-09-25-00330
• Audit of Medicare Administrative Contractor Information Security Program Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2024 OAS-25-18-064

01-27-2026

• Special Advisory Bulletin: Application of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute to Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Sales by Manufacturers to Patients With Federal Health Care Program Coverage
• Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP

01-22-2026

• Maine Made at Least $45.6 Million in Improper Fee-for-Service Medicaid Payments for Rehabilitative and Community Support Services Provided to Children Diagnosed With Autism A-01-24-00006
• Press Release: HHS-OIG Audit Finds Maine Made At Least $45.6 Million in Improper Medicaid Payments for Autism Services

01-21-2026

• Fall 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress
• At A Glance: Fall 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress
• Impact Brief: Saving Taxpayer Dollars in Fiscal Year 2025
• Video: HHS-OIG Advisory Opinion Process | Five Things You Need to Know

01-20-2026

• 2025 Top Management & Performance Challenges Facing HHS

01-16-2026

• Advisory Opinion 26-01: Favorable opinion regarding a proposal by a manufacturer of a clinical laboratory test for colorectal cancer screening to waive any applicable cost sharing for certain commercially insured patients who receive its colorectal cancer screening test.

01-15-2026

• Updated: CMP and Affirmative Exclusions
• Updated: COVID-19

01-13-2026

• Updated: Fraud Self-Disclosures

01-09-2026

• LEIE Database Updated with December 2025 Exclusions and Reinstatements

01-08-2026

• Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements: 1 New CIA

01-07-2026

• Advisory Opinion 25-12 Unfavorable opinion regarding a proposal for a home care agency to market sign-on bonuses to prospective employees with the intention of employing those individuals for the provision of services to other individuals, who most often would be family members of the prospective employees.

01-06-2026

• Essence Healthcare, Inc., Did Not Comply With Federal Requirement for Reporting Direct and Indirect Remunerations for Contract Years 2017 Through 2020 A-03-22-00002

See also: Archive (2025-2017)