Wednesday, October 6, 2010

HHS OIG Posts Civil Monetary Penalties, September Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions and Office of Audit Services Recruiting Schedule Update to Websit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General today posts the latest Civil Monetary Penalties, the September civil/criminal enforcement actions, and the updated Office of Audit Services college campus recruiting schedule to the website. As always, if you click on the links provided below, you will go directly to the new material.
The Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs, which falls under OIG's administrative enforcement authority has been updated. Added are cases in three categories:


  1. False and fraudulent claims,  http://www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/index.asp
  2. Kickback and physician self-referral  http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/kickback.asp and 
  3. Patient dumping category  http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/cmp/patient_dumping.asp

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Also posted to the site are the OIG Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions for September.  These are links to press releases from the prosecuting agencies (usually a U.S. Attorney's Office) on cases that
were investigated, either in whole or in part, by the OIG Office of Investigations. In addition, most of these releases contain contact information to provide answers to follow-up questions.



September 30, 2010, Department of Justice
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. to Pay More Than $420 Million to Resolve Off-label Promotion and Kickback Allegations  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 29, 2010, Office of Attorney General, State of Vermont
Caregiver and his Employer Charged with Medicaid Fraud  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 20, 2010, Department of Justice
Southern California Medical Center to Pay U.S. $2.2 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
Miami Home Health Patient Recruiter Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Soliciting and Receiving Kickbacks  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 13, 2010, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina
Wake Forest Man Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 7, 2010, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Louisiana
Daycare Owner Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Defraud (PDF)  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 7, 2010, U.S. Attorney, District of Vermont
Mother and Son Indicted for Health Care Fraud  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 1, 2010, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Georgia
Three Defendants Plead Guilty for Their Roles in $6.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme (PDF)  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site
September 1, 2010, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland
Salisbury Cardiologist Indicted for Implanting Unnecessary Cardiac Stents (PDF)  This link exits the Office of Inspector General Web site

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The Office of Audit Services updated campus recruiting schedule is also available at
http://oig.hhs.gov/career/oas_brochure/OASrecruitmentschedule.pdf
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