Office of Inspector General May 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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State Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Data Mining
This final rule amends a provision in HHS regulations prohibiting State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) from using Federal matching funds to identify fraud through screening and analyzing State Medicaid data, known as data mining. To support and modernize MFCU efforts to effectively pursue Medicaid provider fraud, we finalize proposals to permit Federal financial participation (FFP) in costs of defined data mining activities under specified circumstances. In addition, we finalize requirements that MFCUs annually report costs and results of approved data mining activities to OIG.
Revised OIG's Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol
This notice announces the issuance of the updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (the SDP), originally published in the Federal Register on October 30, 1998 (63 FR 58399). In 1998, the Office of Inspector General published the SDP to establish a process for health care providers to voluntarily identify, disclose, and resolve instances of potential fraud involving the Federal health care programs (as defined in section 1128B(f) of the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f)). The SDP provides guidance on how to investigate this conduct, quantify damages, and report the conduct to OIG to resolve the provider's liability under OIG's civil monetary penalty (CMP) authorities. Since the original publication, we identified areas where additional guidance would be beneficial to the health care community and would improve the efficient resolution of SDP matters. To that end, we issued three Open Letters to Health Care Providers in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Since the last Open Letter, we continued to evaluate our SDP process. We also solicited comments about the SDP on June 18, 2012, and we received numerous helpful comments from the public. On the basis of our experience and the comments we received, we have decided to revise the SDP in its entirety at this time. This revised SDP supersedes and replaces the 1998 Federal Register Notice and the Open Letters. OIG has posted the full revision of the SDP on its Web site: http:/ /oig.hhs.gov/compliance/self-disclosure-info/index.asp.
Updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion From Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
This notice announces the release of an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the effect of exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs by OIG. The updated Special Advisory Bulletin describes the scope and effect of the legal prohibition on payment by Federal health care programs for items or services furnished (1) by an excluded person or (2) at the medical direction or on the prescription of an excluded person. For purposes of OIG exclusion, payment by a Federal health care program includes amounts based on a cost report, fee schedule, prospective payment system, capitated rate, or other payment methodology. The updated Bulletin describes how exclusions can be violated and the administrative sanctions OIG can pursue against those who have violated an exclusion. The updated Bulletin also provides guidance to the health care industry on the scope and frequency of screening employees and contractors to determine whether they are excluded persons. OIG has posted the full revision of the Special Advisory Bulletin on its Web site: https://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/advisories.asp.
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