Notice2024-28019
General Compliance Program Guidance; Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities; Resources for Industry; Availability
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Published
November 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
OIG is announcing the availability of the following resources for industry: General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) and Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (Nursing Facility ICPG).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94749-94750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28019]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Inspector General
General Compliance Program Guidance; Industry Segment-Specific
Compliance Program Guidance for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing
Facilities; Resources for Industry; Availability
AGENCY: Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: OIG is announcing the availability of the following resources
for industry: General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) and Industry
Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance for Skilled Nursing
Facilities and Nursing Facilities (Nursing Facility ICPG).
ADDRESSES: You may submit written electronic comments on these
resources at any time by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#12517d7f627e7b737c7177527d7b753c7a7a613c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a0925273a26232b24292f0a25232d64222239642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
GCPG: Contact Amanda Copsey, (202) 577-6982, or Laura Ellis, (202)
834-1665.
Nursing Facility ICPG: Contact Laura Morgan, (240) 930-2425, or
Felicia Heimer, (202) 770-7017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 24, 2023, OIG announced \1\ its plans to improve and
update existing OIG Compliance Program Guidance documents (CPGs) and to
deliver new CPGs specific to segments of the health care industry and
entities involved in the health care industry that have emerged in
recent years.
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\1\ Modernization of Compliance Program Guidance Documents, 88
FR 25000 (Apr. 25, 2023).
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Our April 2023 announcement explained, in part, that:
<bullet> OIG developed CPGs as voluntary, nonbinding guidance
documents to encourage the development and use of internal controls to
monitor adherence to applicable statutes, regulations, and program
requirements.
<bullet> OIG will no longer publish updated or new CPGs in the
Federal Register. All current, updated, and new CPGs will be available
on our website.\2\
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\2\ All CPGs issued to date are currently available on the
Compliance Guidance page of our website at <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/compliance-guidance/">https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/compliance-guidance/</a> (last visited Nov. 15, 2024).
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<bullet> OIG has developed a new format for CPGs:
[cir] First, the GCPG pertains to all individuals and entities
involved in the health care industry.
[cir] Second, industry segment-specific CPGs (ICPGs) pertain to
different types of providers, suppliers, and other participants in
health care industry subsectors or ancillary industry sectors relating
to Federal health care programs.
Please reference the April 2023 announcement for additional
details.
II. Notice of Availability
Through this Notice of Availability, OIG is announcing the
availability of the following documents:
<bullet> GCPG: This document was published on OIG's website on
November 6, 2023. OIG notified the public of the publication of the
GCPG using our public listserv \3\ and other communications platforms.
The GCPG may be viewed and downloaded at <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/general-compliance-program-guidance/">https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/general-compliance-program-guidance/</a> and <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/compliance-guidance/1135/HHS-OIG-GCPG-2023.pdf">https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/compliance-guidance/1135/HHS-OIG-GCPG-2023.pdf</a>.
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\3\ To join OIG's listserv, visit <a href="https://cloud.connect.hhs.gov/OIG/">https://cloud.connect.hhs.gov/OIG/</a>.
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<bullet> Nursing Facility ICPG: This document was published on
OIG's website on November 20, 2024. OIG is notifying the public of the
publication of the Nursing Facility ICPG using our public listserv and
other communications platforms. The Nursing Facility ICPG may be viewed
and downloaded at <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/nursing-facility-icpg">https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/nursing-facility-icpg</a>
and <a href="https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/compliance/10038/nursing-facility-icpg.pdf">https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/compliance/10038/nursing-facility-icpg.pdf</a>.
These resources are not one-size-fits-all, comprehensive, or all-
inclusive of compliance and quality considerations or risks. They are
not binding on any individual or entity. Of note, OIG uses the word
``should'' in the GCPG and Nursing Facility ICPG to present voluntary,
nonbinding guidance. This means that the documents do not create any
new obligations or standards for any individual or entity.
OIG may update the GCPG and Nursing Facility ICPG periodically to
address newly identified risk areas and compliance and quality
measures, ensure timely and meaningful OIG resources, and respond to
stakeholder feedback. In addition, OIG anticipates
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publishing additional ICPGs addressing other health care industry
segments in the future.
OIG welcomes written and specific feedback from the health care
community and other stakeholders in connection with the GCPG and the
Nursing Facility ICPG. Any such feedback can be submitted by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a1935372a36333b34393f1a35333d74323229743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45062a2835292c242b2620052a2c226b2d2d366b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>. The receipt of any feedback does not obligate
OIG to take action, including responding to the feedback, making the
feedback public, or issuing or revising public guidance.
III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
These resources contain no collection of information. Therefore,
clearance by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 is not required.
Christi A. Grimm,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2024-28019 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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