The OIG’s New Unified Compliance Resource Tool: You’ve Been “Voluntold” to Comply
Lexology November 29, 2023
The United States Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a unified compliance resource tool on November 6, 2023. While the General Compliance Program Guidance (“GCPG”) does not provide new substantive content, it does provide a single source of information relating to some of the greatest risk areas for health care providers participating in federal health care programs (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid). The OIG stresses that its GCPG is voluntary and nonbinding, however, with health care fraud investigations, prosecutions, and settlements at an all-time high, health care providers should take heed of the GCPG and implement or reform their corporate compliance programs to avoid unwanted liability.
The GCPG does not contain new material. For years, the OIG has notified health care...