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  

September 29, 2010, Office of Attorney General, State of Vermont

Caregiver and his Employer Charged with Medicaid Fraud  

September 20, 2010, Department of Justice

Southern California Medical Center to Pay U.S. $2.2 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations  

Miami Home Health Patient Recruiter Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Soliciting and Receiving Kickbacks  

September 13, 2010, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina

Wake Forest Man Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme  

September 7, 2010, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Louisiana

Daycare Owner Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Defraud (PDF)  

September 7, 2010, U.S. Attorney, District of Vermont

Mother and Son Indicted for Health Care Fraud  

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)  

September 1, 2010, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Salisbury Cardiologist Indicted for Implanting Unnecessary Cardiac Stents (PDF)  

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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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