OIG PROBE OF HOSPITAL BILLING FOR UNAPPROVED DEVICES; INQUIRY YIELDS ONE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, ONE SETTLEMENT TO DATE; SEN. ROTH WROTH OVER PACE OF INQUIRY
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The HHS Inspector General's probe into Medicare and Medicaid billing for unapproved devices by hospitals has yielded one criminal investigation thus far out of the 132 subpoenas issued, Deputy Inspector General Jack Hartwig told the Senate Governmental Affairs/Investigations Subcommittee at a Feb. 14 hearing.