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Pharmacies Targeted for Exclusion Violations by OIG and States

By Catalina Jandorf In what appears to be a growing enforcement trend, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS/OIG) and State Medicaid Fraud Units are aggressively pursuing pharmacy retailers for exclusion violations.  In recent investigations, pharmacies are being targeted for failing to screen prescribers as well as employing pharmacists who have been […]

Home Health and Nursing Home Facilities a Major Target for OIG Enforcement

I.  Civil Monetary Penalties Twenty-five out of the fifty-five exclusion enforcement actions reported in 2014 have occurred in home health, hospice, or nursing and rehabilitation facilities. The Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) imposed in these cases range from $10,000 to $428,935 for employing just one individual that the employer knew or should have known was excluded […]