tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 17

COMPLIANCE: Come Clean, Or We'll Fight Dirty, OIG Warns

Doctors' deals with hospitals could be under the lens soon.The HHS Office of Inspector General is looking into physicians' relationships with hospitals, but it's offering doctors a chance to come forward with potential violations before the hammer comes down. In an "Open Letter" to providers the OIG displayed on its Web site (www.oig.hhs.gov) the OIG hints that if physicians self-disclose problems, they'll end up owing less money. Physicians may also escape having a rigorous Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA). Instead, the OIG will just certify that their compliance plan is adequate.The OIG and other federal...

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