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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
June 28, 2015

Fraud & Abuse Alert: OIG targets Excluded Employees

The OIG has demonstrated an increased focus on investigating employers to determine whether any employees are excluded from participating in Federal health care programs. When the OIG investigations reveal excluded employees, who allegedly provided items and services to Federal health care programs beneficiaries resulting in payments to the employers, the OIG has sought and obtained settlements to resolve those allegations.