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We're thrilled to share some exciting news in the world of healthcare innovation! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently unveiled the 2022 performance results for the ACO REACH (Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health) model, and the outcomes are nothing short of impressive.

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Over the past several months, OIG has made several revisions to its IA and CIA model language.

These changes, among other things, signal an increased focus on the Compliance Committee’s role in core compliance functions and an increased focus on compliance controls designed to promote compliance with the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.

On April 18, 2023, The HHS Inspector General provided testimony before Congress – subcommittee on “Oversight and Investigations”.

Based on the HHS Inspector General's Testimony, OIG lacks adequate staffing resources to keep up with the level of fraud, waste, and abuse for HHS programs that currently involve more than $2.4 trillion in HHS expenditures in Fiscal Year 2022.

HHS-OIG'S Semi-Annual Report to Congress describes OIG's work identifying significant risks, problems, abuses, deficiencies, remedies, and investigative outcomes relating to the administration of HHS programs and operations that were disclosed during the semiannual reporting period April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on Nov. 1, 2022, which institutes changes to both Medicare physician payments and quality reporting program policies that will take effect Jan. 1, 2023.