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In separate settlements with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), two Massachusetts hospitals in the same family have agreed to pay a total of...

Experts interviewed by RPP recommended a variety of strategies to stay ahead of evolving security threats this year, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down...

In a double whammy, outpatient therapy providers are facing a 10% payment cut next year and audits by Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) have resumed even...

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) have snowballed in recent years, and research institutions submitting...

During the second half of the previous fiscal year (FY), the National Science Foundation (NSF) disagreed with its Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) recommendation to...

In another multimillion-dollar behavioral health care case, Palomar Health in California agreed to pay $3.084 million in a civil monetary penalty (CMP) settlement about billing...

The quality of care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) has been a long-standing issue and often the subject of regulatory enforcement and investigation. Many factors...

By now, many of us have been working remotely for nearly a year after being catapulted into the new world following the rise of COVID-19...

Drug diversion didn’t disappear when COVID-19 patients arrived at your hospital in 2020. Many changes associated with managing the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitals may in...

CMS is taking back money from hospitals for outpatient clinic visits provided in 2019 at excepted off-campus provider-based departments (PBDs) after returning the money when...