On January 11, 2017, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule that incorporates statutory changes, early reinstatement provisions, and policy changes, and clarifies existing regulatory provisions to the OIG’s authorities to exclude persons and entities from participating in Federal health care programs. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 expanded the OIG’s authority to exclude various individuals and entities from participation in Federal health care programs under section 1128 of the Social Security Act (Act). The changes in the final rule to the OIG’s authority were also based on the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), which amended the OIG’s authority to waive certain exclusions under section 1128 of the Act.
A copy of the final rule is available at: http://go.usa.gov/x9Ugu
Written by: Clay J. Countryman
bswhealthlaw.com 