MAO Payments to HCPs for Referrals: OIG warns against MAOs providing remuneration, such as gift cards and in-kind payments, to HCPs or their staff for patient referrals for enrollment in an MA plan.
On June 25, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert on the implications of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) for laboratory payments to referring physicians and physician ...
The first community-wide notification dinged people's cellphones more than five hours after the family of a 6-year-old with autism reported him missing. An alert was sent to some landlines before that ...
The U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions watchdog issued a special alert on Friday warning financial institutions to watch out for any potential funding streams for Hamas. Western financial firms ...
On December 11, 2024, OIG issued a Special Fraud Alert to warn the industry about the fraud and abuse risks associated with abusive Medicare Advantage (MA) organization (MAO) and agent and broker ...