Fraud Season for Seniors

Fraud Season for Seniors

It is the annual fall season of Medicare sales pitches and we have seen a rise in Celebrity Medicare Sales pitches.  We are happy to see CMS creating tighter rules around the sales pitches and confusion. We have seen seniors fall victim to different Medicare...
OIG Files: Fraud is Always in Fashion

OIG Files: Fraud is Always in Fashion

We are proud to bring a new fashion of fraud your way.  You might ask yourself, what is the difference between Vintage, Antique, and Retro?  Let’s start here, vintage is something that is too old to be considered used and is often related to past pop culture, junk...
Come Fly With Me: National Harbor

Come Fly With Me: National Harbor

My Thursday started in Philly then Maryland, DC, Atlanta for a quick layover and then ended in Orlando.  What a day! The highlight of that 5 city day was going back to Maryland again this week but only this time, the area was Fort Washington and some of the...
OIG Files: A Little Silver Lining

OIG Files: A Little Silver Lining

A phrase that does not often come up is “medical loss ratio,” or MLR.  As an OIG Agent, I spent very little time looking at the OIG Workplan (I’ve blogged and spoken about how OIG Agents follow the current frauds, and how the plan is very much used to direct the work...
OIG Files: Vignettes of the Week

OIG Files: Vignettes of the Week

If you missed Eric opining on LinkedIn this week, here are some quick pieces of information including: an infectious disease doctor, a case in NJ, and a Bill that was signed into law. Another great case from my former OIG coworkers in NJ. This one should concern...
Come Fly with OIG

Come Fly with OIG

The National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity (NAMPI) Annual Conference brought us to Baltimore, MD just a few weeks after returning from Woodlawn, a neighboring area. It felt like the who’s who of the HHS-OIG greats and I felt lucky enough to spend a...