Lexology February 2, 2022
McGuireWoods LLP

Every year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases an annual Solutions to Reduce Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in HHS Programs: OIG’s Top Unimplemented Recommendations. HHS released its most recent in Nov. 2021, outlining OIG’s top 25 unimplemented recommendations that, in OIG’s view, would most positively affect HHS programs in terms of cost savings, program effectiveness and efficiency, and public health and safety. These recommendations stem from OIG audits and evaluations through the end of 2020 and suggest changes coming to the federal healthcare programs that may impact healthcare facilities in the future. OIG’s recommendations outline where providers could focus their own compliance program to prepare for any further government scrutiny.

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