Under its exclusion authority, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the power to exclude certain individuals and entities from receiving compensation from federally funded health care programs (including Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs)). Employers who hire an individual on the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) are subject to penalties. OIG recently reported a number of settlements with…
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