Sampling Report Praises Beef Industry & USDA 
Food Safety News
With a little constructive criticism around that edges, that pretty much sums up the findings of the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG's) report into testing beef for E. coli O157:H7. The latest 51-page report from the OIG is the second and final ...
FSIS and beef industry praised for pre-emptive E.coli action FoodQualityNews.com

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OIG gives FSIS thumbs up for ?handling? appeals 
CattleNetwork.com
According to the OIG, FSIS is appropriately managing meat and poultry slaughter establishments' appeals of humane handling enforcement actions. In December 2010, USDA's Office of Food Safety proactively asked the OIG to determine whether FSIS addressed ...
FSIS considering testing lymph nodes for Salmonella, OIG N60 report reveals AgraNet (subscription)

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OIG Uncovers Flaws in CMS Processes, Programs 
HealthLeaders Media
The following is a look at some of the recent OIG critiques of CMS. An early assessment of the efforts of Audit Medicaid Integrity contractors to identify overpayments in Medicaid, generated this report. Released on March 20, it indicates that only 11% ...
Everything I need to know about long-term care Medicare and Medicaid ... Lexology (registration)

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OIG Finds Medicaid May be Overpaying for Developmental Care in New York 
Becker's Hospital Review
The HHS Office of Inspector General has released a report suggesting that Medicaid may be paying excessive rates to developmental centers in New York state for their services to patients with intellectual and developmental capabilities.

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OIG Report Reveals NCUA Questions SECU's Safety and Soundness 
Credit Union Times
All references to safety and soundness were redacted in the OIG's report, but the information was revealed when the Credit Union Times copied and pasted text from the released PDF document to a Word file. Yolles' statement led to a heated discussion ...

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OIG pressures CMS on home health sanctions 
Healthcare Payer News
As the number of home health agencies and fraud cases related to home health agencies continues to skyrocket, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is exerting more pressure on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to fulfill an obligation ...
OIG to CMS: Room for improvement in tracking Medicare Part D fraud Drug Store News
OIG report finds over 2600 pharmacies involved in questionable Part D billing Lexology (registration)

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Women Jailed for US$1.9 Million Medicare Fraud 
AllAfrica.com
It was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, supervised by the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. Since their inception in March ...

 

OIG: Questionable Part D Billing Practices In More Than 2600 Pharmacies in 2009 
Bloomberg BNA
Next Steps: OIG recommends that CMS strengthen its oversight of pharmacy billing and take action regarding pharmacies with questionable billing. More than 2600 retail pharmacies exhibited questionable Medicare Part D billing patterns in 2009, ...

 

OIG: DHS CIO has little say over component IT budgets 
FierceGovernmentIT
But the OIG did not agree that the OCIO is "firmly integrated" at all. OCIO officials told auditors that the IT budget reports, which are compiled from component IT budgets, are useful for verifying that component plans align with broader DHS ...

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OIG audits: Poor hospital billing controls lead to $1M Medicare overpayments 
FierceHealthcare
Although Barnes-Jewish Hospital did comply with billing requirements for 182 out of 240 claims that OIG reviewed, it didn't comply with 58 claims, resulting in $725000 worth of Medicare overpayments from 2008 to 2011, OIG said in the report released ...