On Tuesday, representatives from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the creation of an OIG litigation team that will focus specifically on civil monetary penalties and exclusion cases. The announcement was made to attendees at the annual meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA).
Devoting a designated legal team for this area of enforcement has been on the OIG’s wishlist for some time, but the agency only recently obtained the funding to do it, Tony Maida, a partner with McDermott Will & Emory LLP, said in an exclusive interview withFierceHealthPayer: AntiFraud (pictured right). Maida previously served as a senior official in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General.
Source: New OIG litigation team focuses on civil money penalty and exclusion cases