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Texas OIG Inspectors Discover Errors in Reported Nursing Home Staff Hours

Med-Net Compliance

On November 3, 2022, the OIG released the results of a recent inspection of a nursing home by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General Audit and Inspections Division (OIG Inspections).

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Nursing Home Psychologist Convicted of Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Med-Net Compliance

A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never provided. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

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Nursing Home Provider to Pay over $5.5M in Civil False Claims Settlement

Med-Net Compliance

An Indiana provider of skilled nursing and long-term care services has agreed to pay $5,591,044.66 Document that these trainings occurred and file the signed document in each employee’s education file. to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Medicare program.

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Resident Burned after Smoking Cigarette While Connected to Oxygen

Med-Net Compliance

A nursing and rehab center in North Carolina is being investigated by the State Agency after a resident accidently set herself on fire in her room. The local police department reported that a woman at the nursing home was connected to an oxygen tank and tried to smoke a cigarette, causing a burst of flames that badly burned her.

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OCR Announces Resolutions to Eleven HIPAA Violations 

Med-Net Compliance

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the resolution of eleven investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative, bringing the total number of these enforcement actions to thirty-eight since the initiative began.

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The Cobra Effect & Enforcing Compliance Standards

AIHC

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. Cobra breeders killed the majority of the cobras and redeemed them for money while they continued to breed more cobras.

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The Cobra Effect & Enforcing Compliance Standards

AIHC

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. Cobra breeders killed the majority of the cobras and redeemed them for money while they continued to breed more cobras.