OIG issues special fraud alert on health care speaker programs
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a Special Fraud Alert regarding fraud and abuse concerns related to speaker programs offered by pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Over the last three years, these companies have paid nearly $2 billion to health care providers for these events. Additionally, the Department of Justice in conjunction with the OIG has investigated and resolved numerous cases of alleged violations of the...
By: Thompson Coburn LLP