Lexology November 25, 2024
On November 20, 2024, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities (“Nursing Facility ICPG”) for nursing home members of the health care compliance community. Motivating factors for issuing the Nursing Facility ICPG included long-standing issues such as staffing, infection control, emergency preparedness, background checks, adverse events experienced by residents, inappropriate use of medications and other compliance and quality issues.
Previously, OIG released voluntary compliance program guidance (“CPG”) for nursing facilities in 2000 and supplemented the CPG in 2008. The CPG was designed to encourage nursing facilities to develop and implement internal monitoring controls to assure adherence to applicable statutes, regulations and...
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