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BALTIMORE, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ameritox is the recognized national leader in pain-medication monitoring owing to its commitment to support science, its long-public national ethical standards and its best-in-class compliance program developed in consultation with the Office of Inspector General (OIG). During the past months, a San Diego-based drug testing laboratory has made comments in press releases about the business practices of Ameritox and other major competitors....
BETHESDA, Md., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DMI, a leading IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm, today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to modernize and maintain the suite of enterprise applications used by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). This is DMI's fourth prime contract with HHS in the last 18 months. The contract encompasses a broad range of service areas to...
'Watchdog' Agency Ensures Integrity in Government Programs, Services HARRISBURG, Pa., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett and Inspector General Kenya Mann Faulkner today joined other state and federal officials to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the creation of Pennsylvania's Office of Inspector General. "Pennsylvania taxpayers deserve to have a state government that operates honestly and with integrity," said Governor Corbett. "The Office of...
Introduces 'most wanted' list of deadbeat parents WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents who are years behind on child support payments or who have fled to avoid paying up will have a tougher time hiding from their court-ordered obligations, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services announced today. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120117/NE36859 ) OIG launched a new Child Support Enforcement Web page...
CMS Will Work to Make Hospitals Track Errors Better Internally But Information Will Be Kept From The Public WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study released today by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that hospital employees are only reporting fourteen percent of all medical errors and usually don't change their practices to prevent future harm to patients. The study was based on an...
The mesothelioma law firm of Clapper Patti Schweizer & Mason applauds the recent unequivocal statement by Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. of the United States Environmental Protection Agency that “asbestos is a human carcinogen with no safe level of exposure.†(PRWEB) December 21, 2011 Mesothelioma attorneys Clapper Patti Schweizer & Mason represent clients every day who are suffering from asbestos cancer and diseases after being exposed to the toxic mineral. With...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)' Office of Inspector General (OIG) today released the first of 11 short video and audio presentations on compliance topics to help health care providers follow government regulations. The newest step in OIG's award-winning Provider Compliance Training initiative, these free videos and audio podcasts -- averaging about four minutes each -- cover major health care fraud and abuse laws, the...
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Column Technologies, a global solutions and software provider, today announced that the State of Ohio Office of the Inspector General has selected Column Case Investigative as their internal investigations case management solution. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111121/CG05254LOGO) The Ohio Office of the Inspector General investigates fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption within the executive branch of state government, with...
LAFAYETTE, La., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by Pete November, executive vice president and general counsel for LHC Group: "As announced last week, LHC Group entered into a settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve a multi-year inquiry with respect to, among other issues, the medical necessity of home therapy visits billed to Medicare by LHC Group during the 2005-2008 timeframe. We fully cooperated, and in the course of that inquiry,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took shortcuts in laying the groundwork to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, the agency's Inspector General said on Wednesday in a report that could boost efforts to block new climate change rules. The report concluded that the environmental agency should have followed a more comprehensive review process in a technical paper it compiled to support its determination that greenhouse gases pose dangers to human health and welfare. Instead,...
