Article: The OIG Releases New Open Letter On Self-Disclosure Protocol.(Office of the Inspector General )

On April 15, 2008, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an Open Letter to Health Care Providers (Open Letter) addressing refinements and clarifications to the OIG's Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (Protocol). The Open Letter is of vital importance to any provider or supplier who may consider utilizing the Protocol. It announced that the OIG is adopting a presumption in favor of not requiring providers or suppliers to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) as part of the resolution of matters disclosed under the Protocol.

The OIG also provided new information that providers and suppliers must ...

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