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HHS OIG Toughens Exclusion Rules for Medicare, Medicaid

Here’s where you can read the final rule for yourself. Attention physician practices: If you’re slow to respond to federal audit requests, you could find yourself excluded from Medicare and Medicaid. So says the HHS Office of Inspector General in a final rule published in the Jan. 12, 2017 Federal Register and scheduled to take effect Feb. 13, 2017. The [...]
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