OIG Announces Long Overdue Modernization of its Compliance Program Guidance Documents

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced on April 24, 2023 that it will soon issue long overdue updates to its compliance program guidance documents (CPGs).  First introduced in 1998, the CPGs are a series of voluntary guidance documents, each tailored to a specific segment of the health care industry.

Neither existing nor forthcoming CPGs are to be taken as models for a compliance program, OIG cautioned. Rather, OIG intends for the CPGs to set forth voluntary guidelines and identify risk areas for the health care industry to consider when developing or implementing a compliance program.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/washington-enacts-first-in-the-nation-3989790/