Lexology May 3, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced on April 24, 2023 that it will soon issue long overdue updates to its compliance program guidance documents (CPGs). First introduced in 1998, the CPGs are a series of voluntary guidance documents, each tailored to a specific segment of the health care industry. While the CPGs include important insights on specific risk areas and how to apply the seven elements of an effective compliance program to particular types of health care entities, none of the CPGs have been updated since 2008 and thus are ripe for modernizing.
OIG will publish a General CPG (GCPG) applicable to all individuals and entities involved in the health care industry by...