What’s New 2009 Archive

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March

03-26-2009: Testimony of Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General (PDF), before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on Traceability in the Food Supply Chain; Traceability in the Food Supply Chain (PDF) (OEI-02-06-00120; 03/09); Review of Medicaid Indirect Costs Submitted by the New York State Department of Health on Behalf of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (A-02-06-01028); Audit of Head Start Matching Costs for the Period January 1, 2006, Through December 31, 2007 – Miami Valley Child Development Centers, Inc. (A-05-09-00045)
03-25-2009: OIG Enters Into $2 Million Civil Monetary Penalty Settlement With Radiology Practice: Press Release (PDF); Review of Health Resources and Services Administration Grant Closeout Procedures (A-02-07-02008); Allowability of Alabama's Hurricane Katrina-Related Uncompensated Care Claims (A-04-08-03040); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Costs Reported by Southeastern Massachusetts Health Group for Plan Years 2006 and 2007 (A-01-08-00609); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Costs Reported by National Grid USA Service Company, Inc., for Plan Years 2006 and 2007 (A-01-08-00608); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Costs Reported by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Plan Years 2006 and 2007 (A-01-08-00606)
03-24-2009: An Open Letter to Health Care Providers (PDF); Updated Audit Services Campus Recruiting Schedule: Fall 2008 - Spring 2009 (PDF)
03-23-2009: Driving for Quality in Acute Care: A Board of Directors Dashboard -- Government-Industry Roundtable (PDF)
03-20-2009: Review of High-Dollar Payments for Medicare Outpatient Claims Processed by TrailBlazer Health Enterprises for the Period January 1 through December 31, 2004 (A-06-08-00040); Review of Texas Medicaid Payments for Medicare Coinsurance of Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries in Skilled Nursing Facilities (A-06-08-00006); Review of Oxaliplatin Billing at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas for Calendar Years 2004 and 2005 (A-06-08-00084); Audit of Head Start Matching Costs for the Period March 1, 2006, Through February 29, 2008 – Community Action Commission of Belmont County, Inc. (A-05-08-00099)
03-19-2009: Comparison of Prices for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pumps (OEI-02-07-00660) (PDF); Review of High-Dollar Part B Claims Processed by CIGNA Government Services Carrier No. 05440 for the Period January 1, 2004, Through December 31, 2006 (A-04-08-00045); Follow-up Review of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program in Ohio (A-04-08-07005)
03-13-2009: Advisory Opinion 09-01 (PDF)
(concerning a complimentary local transportation program for friends and family of residents of a skilled nursing facility)
03-11-2009: Exclusions and Reinstatements Occurring in the Month of February 2009; Review of Medicare Payments to Managed Care Plans on Behalf of Deceased Enrollees (A-07-07-01046); Review of High Dollar Payments for Virginia Medicare Part B Claims Processed by TrailBlazer Health Enterprises for the Period January 1, 2003, Through December 31, 2005 (A-03-07-00020)
03-10-2009: Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), Certification of Compliance Agreements (CCAs) and Integrity Agreements (IAs); Hospital Compliance With Medicare’s Postacute Care Transfer Policy During Fiscal Years 2003 Through 2005 (A-04-07-03035); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Plan Sponsor Hallmark Cards, Inc., for Plan Year Ended December 31, 2006 (A-07-08-03111); Review of High-Dollar Payments for New Mexico and Oklahoma Medicare Part B Claims Processed by Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., for the Period January 1 through December 31, 2004 (A-06-08-00035); Review of Pension Costs Claimed for Medicare Reimbursement by CareFirst of Maryland, Incorporated, for Fiscal Years 2002 Through 2005 (A-07-07-00244)
03-09-2009: Civil Monetary Penalty Enforcement Actions; Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions: February
03-04-2009: Effect of the Part D Coverage Gap on Medicare Beneficiaries Without Financial Assistance in 2006 (PDF) (OEI-05-07-00610); Review of Connecticut’s Community Based Medicaid Administrative Claim for State Fiscal Year 2004 (A-01-06-00008); Review of the Qualified Pension Plan at CareFirst of Maryland, Incorporated, a Terminated Medicare Contractor, for the Period January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2005 (A-07-07-00243)

February

02-27-2009: Comparing Pharmacy Reimbursement: Medicare Part D to Medicaid (OEI-03-07-00350) (PDF); Review of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Grant Closeout Procedures (A-02-07-02014); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Missouri Medicare Part B Claims Processed by Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., for the Period January 1 through December 31, 2005 (A-06-08-00030); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Pennsylvania Medicare Part B Claims Processed by Highmark Medicare Services for the Period January 1, 2003, Through December 31, 2005 (A-03-07-00016); Review of CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maryland Medicare Part A Final Administrative Cost Proposals for Fiscal Years 2003 - 2005 (A-03-06-00002)
02-24-2009: Review of State Plan Amendments Authorizing Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments by Pennsylvania to Hospitals of State-Related Universities (A-03-07-00222); Review of Medicaid Inpatient Hospital Transfer Payments in Indiana for October 1, 2003, Through September 31, 2006 (A-05-07-00081)
02-18-2009: Review of Undistributable Child Support Collections in Tennessee From October 1, 1998, Through December 31, 2007 (A-04-08-03521); Review of Administration for Children and Families Grant Closeout Procedures (A-02-07-02000); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Plan Sponsor Screen Actors Guild – Producers Health Plan for Plan Year Ended December 31, 2006 (A-09-09-00032); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Costs Reported by the City of Fall River for Plan Years 2006 and 2007 (A-01-08-00607); Review of Oxaliplatin Billing at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital for Calendar Years 2004 and 2005 (A-06-08-00085)
02-17-2009: Administrative Law Judge Upholds HHS-OIG’s $50,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against St. Joseph’s Medical Center For Violating EMTALA: 88-Year-Old Man Died in Emergency Room Without Treatment (PDF) (Press Release); Review of the Illinois Department of Public Health’s Compliance with the Ryan White CARE Act Payer of Last Resort Requirement (A-05-08-00052); Review of Emergency Health Services at Orlando Regional Healthcare Furnished to Undocumented Aliens Covered by Section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (A-04-07-07030); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Medicare Outpatient Claims Processed by TriSpan Health Services for the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2006 (A-06-08-00094); Review of Section 1915(c) Mental Retardation or Related Conditions Waiver Services at ACR Homes, Inc., From July 1, 2004, Through June 30, 2005 (A-05-08-00025); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Medicare Part B Claims Processed by NHIC, Corp., for Calendar Years 2004–2006 (A-01-08-00514); Review of Medicaid Credit Balances at Mercy Hospital as of April 1, 2008 (A-05-08-00063)
02-11-2009: Exclusions and Reinstatements Occurring in the Month of January 2009; Medicare Payments in 2007 for Medical Equipment and Supply Claims With Invalid or Inactive Referring Physician Identifiers (PDF) (OEI-04-08-00470; 02/09); Comparison of Second-Quarter 2008 Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Impact on Medicare Reimbursement for Fourth Quarter 2008 (PDF) (OEI-03-09-00050)
02-10-2009: January Criminal and Civil Enforcement Report; Civil Monetary Penalty Enforcement Actions
02-06-2009: Medicaid and Medicare Home Health Payments for Skilled Nursing and Home Health Aide Services (PDF) (OEI-07-06-00641; 02/09); Review of Oxaliplatin Billing at Lovelace Medical Genter – Gibson for Calendar Year 2004 (A-06-08-00082); Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), Certification of Compliance Agreements (CCAs) and Integrity Agreements (IAs)
02-02-2009: Review of Administrative and Clerical Costs at Duke University for the Period October 1, 2002, Through September 30, 2004 (A-04-05-01014); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Medicare Outpatient Claims Processed by TriSpan Health Services for the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2005 (A-06-08-00095); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Plan Sponsor Union Bank of California, N.A., for Plan Year Ended December 31, 2006 (A-09-09-00031); Review of Oxaliplatin Billing at San Angelo Community Medical Center for Calendar Year 2004 (A-06-08-00083); Follow-Up Audit of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program in Alaska (A-09-08-00051)

January

Medicare Administrative Law Judge Hearings: Update, 2007–2008 (PDF) (OEI-02-06-00111)
01-27-2009: Iowa's Medicaid Payments Claimed for Children’s Remedial Services (A-07-08-03112); Review of High-Dollar Payments for Missouri Medicare Part B Claims Processed by Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., for the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2004 (A-06-08-00029); Review of Retiree Drug Subsidy Costs Reported by the City of Boston for Plan Years 2006 and 2007 (A-01-08-00605); Review of Medicaid Overpayments at Ledgeview Living Center for Calendar Years 2004 Through 2006 (A-01-08-00010)
01-23-2009: Administrative Law Judge Upholds HHS-OIG Exclusions Imposed Against Responsible Corporate Officers in OxyContin Case: Press Release (PDF)
01-21-2009: Review of High-Dollar Payments for Medicare Outpatient Services Processed by Pinnacle Business Solutions, Inc., During Calendar Year 2005 (A-06-08-00042); Review of Medicaid Outpatient Drug Expenditures in Connecticut for the Period October 1, 2003, Through September 30, 2005 (A-01-07-00003)
01-16-2009: Annual Performance Report: Fiscal Year 2008 (PDF); Review of Medicaid Overpayments at Victorian Villa Rehabilitation & Living Center for Calendar Years 2004 Through 2006 (A-01-08-00012); Review of Medicaid Outpatient Drug Expenditures in Tennessee for the Period October 1, 2003, Through September 30, 2005 (A-04-07-00027)
01-15-2009: Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Integrity Agreement (PDF)
01-13-2009: Exclusions and Reinstatements Occurring in the Month of December 2008
01-12-2009: Management of Information Technology Contracts at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (PDF) (OEI-01-07-00450); The Food and Drug Administration’s Oversight of Clinical Investigators’ Financial Information (PDF) (OEI-05-07-00730)
01-07-2009: Advisory Opinion 08-24 (PDF)
(concerning investments in a rural medical practice group by 23 physicians and podiatrists); Review of High-Dollar Inpatient Claims Processed by Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators Fiscal Intermediary No. 00011 for the Period January 1, 2004, Through December 31, 2006 (A-04-08-00040); Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs), Certification of Compliance Agreements (CCAs) and Integrity Agreements (IAs)
01-06-2009: Top HHS Management and Performance Challenges: FY 2008; Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions: December

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