Notice
OIG COVID-19 flexibilities ended upon the expiration of the COVID-19 Declaration on May 11, 2023. For more information, see this announcement.
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The emergence of COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and for the delivery of health care and human services to beneficiaries. HHS leads the Federal public health and medical response during public health emergencies. As the oversight agency for HHS, OIG promotes the effectiveness of HHS's COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. These pages describe our COVID-19 work agency wide.
What's New
- 02-14-2024
- Medicare Generally Paid for Evaluation and Management Services Provided via Telehealth During the First 9 Months of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency That Met Medicare Requirements
- 02-12-2024
- Florida Felon Admits Role in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Kickback Scheme After Pleading Guilty to COVID-19 Fraud and Unlawfully Possessing Firearms
- Testing Laboratory Co-owner Admits $3.8 Million in Fraudulent Billing
- 02-01-2024
- Former Blackfeet Tribal operations manager admits stealing tribal COVID-19 relief funding
- 01-22-2024
- United Memorial Medical Center Agreed to Be Excluded for 10 Years for Allegedly Submitting False Claims for Inpatient Cost Outlier Payments and Duplicate Claims for COVID-19 Tests