Bond to Discuss with OMIG and MFCU Representatives Medicaid Program Integrity, Their Respective Legal Authority and Ways the Provider Community Can Assist in Deterring Fraud, Waste and Abuse

September 25, 2024

By: Gabriel S. Oberfield, Esq., M.S.J. and Jackson K. Somes

This complimentary program, the fifth in a multi-part series with the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG), will provide compliance officers, administrators and executive officers in healthcare with a chance to informally hear from representatives of the OMIG and from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the New York State Attorney General (NYAG). In the forthcoming program, speakers will discuss their Office’s collaborative, as well as distinct, roles and responsibilities in protecting New York State's Medicaid program, including in the conducting of audits, investigations, the recovery of overpayments, and in recommending managed care contractual and other program integrity requirements. 

Panelists to include Michael D'Allaird, Deputy Medicaid Inspector General for the OMIG's Division of Medicaid Audit, and Sherrie Brown, Senior Counsel for Civil Enforcement at MFCU, which is the largest unit within the NYAG's Criminal Justice Division. Bond attorney Jackson Somes will introduce the program and together Bond attorney Gabriel Oberfield and William Schwarz, the OMIG's Director of Public Affairs, will moderate the discussion.

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Part One: On September 27, 2023, Bond and the OMIG covered the OMIG’s release of an abbreviated process for self-disclosure concerning routine or transactional errors. A recording of the September program is available here. 

Part Two: On November 16, 2023, Bond and the OMIG covered global updates on the implementation of OMIG’s updated compliance standards. A recording of the November program is available here. 

Part Three: On January 31, 2024 the OMIG provided medical provider compliance officers, administrators and executive officers with global updates on the implementation of OMIG’s updated compliance standards, with specific attention paid to a) compliance program training, as well as b) implementing effective lines of communication to compliance officers. The January program is available here.

Part Four: On June 5, 2024, Bond and the OMIG provided compliance officers, administrators and executive officers in healthcare with global updates on the implementation of OMIG’s updated compliance standards. The June program is available here.