Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for oversight of the United States Department of Health and Human Service 's approximately $2.4 trillion portfolio of programs. Approximately 1,650 auditors, investigators, and evaluators, supplemented by staff with expertise ...
In the United States, other than in the military departments, the first Office of Inspector General was established by act of Congress in 1976 [1] under the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other departmental programs. [2]
Principal Deputy Inspector General. Christi A. Grimm was sworn in as the sixth Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 22, 2022, following her nomination by the President and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Grimm was promoted to the Principal Deputy Inspector General role and began performing the ...
You can also report suspected Medicare fraud to the Office of the Inspector General by calling 800-HHS-TIPS (800-447-8477) ... The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
March 25, 2024 -- Last month’s cyberattack on a major health claims processor that handles transactions involving 1 in 3 U.S. patient records is still impacting patients and may have lasting ...
Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney ...
Daniel Ronald Levinson. ( 1949-03-24) March 24, 1949 (age 75) New York City, New York, U.S. Education. University of Southern California ( BA) Georgetown University ( JD) George Washington University ( LLM) Daniel Ronald Levinson is an American attorney who served as Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...