Discovery of Nearly $3 Billion in Medicare and Medicaid Errors

Nearly $3 billion in expected recoveries have surfaced in the spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). As reported by RACmonitor’s Mark Spivey, the OIG report also provides an overview of the watchdog’s activities from Oct. 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. 

During the next live edition of Monitor Mondays, providing comment and context to the report, which was published Monday, June 6, will be prominent healthcare attorney Andrew “Drew” Wachler, a longtime OIG observer and the managing partner at Wachler and Associates. 

Other segments will include these instantly recognizable broadcast segments:

•  The RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, partner at the law firm of Practus, will report the latest news about auditors. 
  
  
•  SDoH Report: Tiffany Ferguson, a subject matter expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the news that’s happening at the intersection of healthcare regulations and the SDoH.
  
  
•  Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment.
  
  
•  Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment. 
  
  
•  Legislative Update: Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on current healthcare legislation.

Chapters

• 0:57 Ronald Hirsh, MD
• 4:36 Knicole Emanuel, Esq.
• 8:19 RACmonitor Commercial
• 9:11 David Glaser, Esq.
• 13:19 Tiffany Ferguson
• 16:51 Matthew Albright
• 21:01 Listener Survey with Tiffany Ferguson
• 21:59 RACmonitor Commercial
• 22:52 Andrew Wachler, Esq.