News Briefs: April 6, 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is “trying to minimize the burdens on providers,” said Christi Grimm, principal deputy inspector general, March 30 at the Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Institute. In her message to providers on minimizing burdens,[1] posted the same day, Grimm explained that “health care organizations that need extensions of OIG deadlines, such as to produce data for an OIG review or to comply with a Corporate Integrity Agreement, are encouraged to ask their OIG contact. OIG will work with organizations on a reasonable solution.” OIG will continue to plan new work and carry out its oversight mission, she noted.

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