OMIG UPDATE: COMPLIANCE, SELF-DISCLOSURE, AND MANAGED CARE FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE GUIDANCE POSTED

On the heels of publishing their final regulations, on January 31st, the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) released a variety of guidance documents addressing compliance programs; self-disclosure; and Medicaid managed care fraud, waste and abuse prevention programs. The guidance documents

On May 13, 2021, Rivkin Radler Partner, and former OMIG First Deputy, Robert Hussar kicked off Rivkin Radler’s new Healthcare Compliance Lunch and Learn Series. He interviewed Frank T. Walsh, Jr., who offered his first public comments since assuming his role as Acting NYS Medicaid Inspector General (pending State Senate confirmation).

Mr. Walsh provided health

On March 30, 2021, the New York Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the prosecutorial power of the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (“Justice Center”).  The Court, in People v. Viviani, et. al.[1], held that the statute providing for the organization of the Justice Center, Executive Law § 552,