From: Health Industry Washington Watch
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared an HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) proposed rule that would expand the OIG’s Medicare and state health care program fraud and abuse authorities. Specifically, on September 4, 2014, the OMB gave final regulatory clearance to an OIG proposed rule that would add new anti-kickback safe harbors to reflect statutory changes, codify the ACA’s definition of “remuneration,” and add a gainsharing civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulation. The proposed rule should be published in the Federal Register in the near future.