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OIG Newly Updated Exclusion Criteria as of April 18, 2016
On April 18, the OIG updated the criteria it uses to determine whether exclusion or a lesser penalty is the appropriate remedy – underscoring the renewed emphasis the OIG is placing on this important weapon in its arsenal to fight against fraud and abuse.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the authority to exclude individuals or entities (collectively “person”) that engage in illegal or fraudulent conduct from participation in Federal health care programs to protect the...
Department of Labor Final Rule Changes Overtime Regulations
Dramatically Expanding Who is Entitled to Overtime Pay
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced the upcoming publication (on May 23, 2016) of a Final Rule intended to update and modernize the regulations governing the exemption of executive, administrative and professional employees from the overtime pay protections of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Among other things, this...
Understanding, preventing sexual harassment in the EMS workplace
Sexual harassment remains pervasive in EMS workplaces despite the fact that sexual harassment has been unlawful for over 50 years, since at least the 1964 passage of Title VII.
Outsourcing ambulance billing: Pros and cons
For years, your ambulance service billed in house. But now your biller is ready to retire, and she’s the only one in the organization who knows anything about the billing process. In-house billing is all your organization has ever known.
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2 barriers limiting impact of community paramedicine
Community paramedicine programs are being integrated into our health care system far too slowly to meet the needs of many underserved populations
