Publications by Scott W. Taebel

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OIG Recounts Historic Recovery Numbers in Its Latest Semiannual Report to Congress

[01/26/26]

Coordinated Government Effort Combats Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud as Part of the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

[07/03/25]

The Stark Law Payments by a Physician Exception: An Unsung Hero

[05/02/25]

DOJ Recouped $2.9 Billion Under FCA in 2024

[01/17/25]

Department of Justice Criminal Division Announces New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Individuals

[04/29/24]

DOJ Announces $2.68 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries

[02/23/24]

Advanced Practice Professionals – Time to Review These Arrangements?

[11/15/23]

OIG Issues Highly Anticipated General Compliance Program Guidance

[11/10/23]

The DOJ Announces New Nationwide Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy

The DOJ Announces New Nationwide Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy 

[03/07/23]

DOJ Recouped $2.2 Billion Under FCA in 2022

[02/27/23]

OIG Announces Major Crackdown on Nursing Diploma Scheme – Thousands Received Fraudulent Nursing Diplomas and Transcripts

[02/08/23]

CMS Proposes to Drastically Change Overpayment Refund Rule

[01/12/23]

CMS Proposes Revised Process for Group Practices Self-Disclosing Stark Law Violations

[06/29/22]

DOJ Recouped $5.6 Billion Under FCA in 2021

[02/04/22]

Higher Minimum Penalties and Other Important Updates to the OIG’s Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol

[11/12/21]

DOJ Combats COVID-19 Fraud at “Unprecedented Pace and Tempo”

[04/06/21]

OIG Leadership Discusses Its 2021 Plan to Assess Telehealth Services

[03/02/21]

Hospitals Beware: New OIG Report Suggests Rampant Inpatient Upcoding

[03/01/21]

New OIG Special Fraud Alert Expresses Concerns Regarding Speaker Programs Now and Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

[11/19/20]

Potential Compliance Program Effects of Proposed DEA Theft Reporting Rule

[08/05/20]

OIG Strategic Plan Announces Priorities for COVID-19 Enforcement

[05/28/20]

Attention 340B Hospitals: CMS Cost Data Survey Due May 15 Raises Important Compliance Questions

[05/01/20]

OIG Announces AKS Enforcement Discretion for Arrangements Covered by Blanket Stark Waivers

[04/06/20]

OIG Reports on Hospitals’ Experiences in Managing COVID-19 Crisis

[04/06/20]

OIG Issues COVID-19 Message Minimizing Burdens on Providers

[03/31/20]

OIG Solicits Questions Regarding COVID-19 Arrangements

[03/27/20]

OIG Seeks Input from Hospitals About Their COVID-19 Responses

[03/25/20]

COVID-19 and Fraud: DOJ Pursues Enforcement Action and OIG Issues Fraud Alert

[03/24/20]

DOJ’S 2019 False Claims Act Recoveries Total More Than $3 Billion

[01/15/20]

A New Option for Grant Noncompliance: OIG Releases Grantee Self-Disclosure Program

[08/16/19]

"Yates Memo 2.0: Recent Revisions Grant More Discretion for the DOJ to Interpret Individual Accountability Standards." The Health Lawyer, April 2019.

Department of Justice Updates Compliance Program Guidance

[05/13/19]

CMS Updates Preclusion List Requirements for Medicare Advantage and Part D

[05/10/19]

"CMS Preclusion List Now in Effect," State Bar of Wisconsin, April 2019.

Claims Denials Start April 1: What You Should Know About CMS’s New Preclusion List

[02/15/19]

Department of Justice Announces Important Updates to Yates Memo Requirements

[12/07/18]

Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment for 2018

[10/26/18]

Are You In or Are You Out? Inpatient Admission Status Is a Key Risk Area for Medicare Providers

[04/26/18]

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Services: 2017 OIG Work Plan Initiative Finds 85 Percent of Claims Billed in Error

[04/26/18]

CMS Issues Important Decision Memo Addressing Updates to National Coverage Determination for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

[03/14/18]

OIG Updates Annual Work Plan with New Enforcement Priorities

[07/19/17]

Hall Render AHLA Briefing on Compliance Program Effectiveness

[06/22/17]

Stressful or Streamlined? CMS’s New SRDP Disclosure Form Presents New Challenges for Providers

[04/14/17]

But Does It Work? OIG Resource Guide Provides Clarity on Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness

[03/27/17]

What Did Leaders Know and When Did They Know It? New DOJ Guidance Offers Key Insights on Effective Compliance Programs

[03/09/17]

OIG Final Rule Significantly Expands Exclusion Authority

[01/19/17]

Compliance-Driven Contract Management Solutions

[01/05/17]

DOJ Issues Holiday Blockbuster on Annual FCA Recoveries

[12/27/16]

Summary of the OIG 2017 Work Plan

[11/11/16]

Skilled Nursing Facility Chain Settles False Claims Act Case for $145 Million

[11/03/16]

Greater False Claims Act Penalties Looming

[05/12/16]

CMS Issues Final Overpayment Refund Rule

[02/12/16]

Summary of the OIG 2016 Work Plan

[11/05/15]

Individuals Beware: A Shift in Focus to Individual Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoing

[09/25/15]

The 60-Day Vulture Comes Home to Roost

[08/07/15]

Doctors Beware: OIG Issues New Fraud Alert Addressing Physician Liability for Inappropriate Compensation Arrangements

[06/10/15]

OIG Issues FY 2015 Work Plan Mid-Year Update

[05/29/15]

OIG Issues New Guidance for Health Care Boards on Compliance Oversight

[04/27/15]

OIG Provides More Exclusion Guidance Through Recent Advisory Opinion

[02/19/15]

DOJ Announces that 2014 Sets Record for FCA Recoveries and Whistleblower Lawsuits

[11/21/14]

Summary of the OIG 2015 Work Plan

[11/05/14]

DOJ Announces All False Claims Act Qui Tam Cases Will Be Reviewed by the DOJ’s Criminal Division

[10/01/14]

DOJ Enters into $98.15 Million Settlement Agreement with Large Operator of Acute Care Hospitals

[08/12/14]

Privileged Compliance Investigations: A Strategy for Avoiding Retained Overpayment FCA Actions

[07/02/14]

OIG Releases Special Fraud Alert Revisiting Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians

[06/27/14]

OIG Proposes Substantial Changes to Its Civil Monetary Penalty Rules

[05/21/14]

Summary of the OIG 2014 Work Plan

[02/04/14]

OIG Reaffirms Concerns on Prevalence and Use of Spinal Devices Supplied to Hospitals by Physician-Owned Distributors

[10/28/13]

Use Caution when Structuring Physician Loan Agreements to Protect Physicians Against Income Recognition on the Transfer of Funds

[10/21/13]

OIG Issues Updated Guidance for Exclusions

[05/10/13]

Health System Pays Close to $4 Million to Resolve Self-Disclosed Stark Violations

[05/06/13]

OIG Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol

[04/22/13]

Time Equals Money: Recent Change to Medicare Overpayment Recovery Period

[01/24/13]

Missouri Health System Reaches $9.3 Million Settlement with DOJ

[11/14/12]

Summary of the OIG 2013 Work Plan

[10/03/12]

What’s Going on with the CMS Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol? – Recent Developments

[04/06/12]

CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Statutory Obligation to Report and Return Overpayments

[02/17/12]

Breaking News: CMS Issues Its Final Rule for Accountable Care Organizations

[10/21/11]

Summary of the OIG 2012 Work Plan

[10/06/11]

CMS Issues FFY 2012 IPPS Final Rule

[08/02/11]

UPDATE: OIG Issues First Three Reports from Onsite Audits of Hospital Error Prone Billing Issues

[07/25/11]

New Wave of OIG Hospital Audits Targets Perceived Error-Prone Billing Issues

[05/04/11]

First Kyphoplasty, Now DOJ Turns its Attention to Other “Minimally Invasive” Procedures

[04/14/11]

Breaking News: CMS Issues its Proposed Rule for Accountable Care Organizations

[03/31/11]