Lexology May 28, 2020
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC

On May 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released its Strategic Plan for Oversight of COVID-19 Response and Recovery (“Strategic Plan”). The Strategic Plan lays out OIG’s priorities for ensuring that HHS’s COVID-19 relief funds are appropriately disbursed and used, and it gives insights into the enforcement activities that relief fund recipients can expect to see going forward.

Background

HHS’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a number of forms, including the adoption of blanket waivers by CMS, the distribution of billions of dollars to health care providers, the creation of a new payment system to provide care for the uninsured, and public announcements of enforcement discretion by CMS...

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