Understanding California Exclusion Search

The OIG list of excluded individuals or entities is a list of those individuals who are currently excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all the other federal healthcare programs.

As per OIG, the exclusions are made due to the following reasons:

Mandatory exclusions are made in case of Medicare fraud, patient abuse, or any financial misconduct, unlawful manufacture, distribution or dispensing of controlled substances.

The Permissive exclusions are imposed in case of misdemeanour convictions related to healthcare fraud, submission of false or fraudulent claims to a Federal health care program, prescription of controlled substances, etc.

What is OIG’s process for imposing exclusions?

The OIG exclusion check is guided by regulations that implement sections of the Act. Whenever a Notice of Intent to Exclude (NOI) is given to any individual or entity, it does not signify that they will be excluded.

The OIG will thoroughly examine all the material provided by the person who received the NOI before concluding anything. All the OIG exclusions that are implemented may be appealed to the HHS Departmental Appeals Board (DAB). The individual can also get a judicial review in Federal court even after the final decision is made by the DAB.

How often the OIG list is updated?

The OIG exclusion list is updated every month. Therefore, it is the duty of all the employers to verify all the employees against all databases while conducting the California Exclusion Search, each and every month. Screening your current and potential employees and contractors for OIG is a necessary healthcare industry standard.

The employers must never forget to screen and also rescreen all the employees in the same frequency to avoid discrimination and trouble. You can contact your legal counsel when you are establishing a screening programs so that you carry out the process appropriately.

Consequences of OIG exclusion

As a result of an OIG exclusion, the excluded person or excluded entities will not be paid by the federal health care programs for any item or service they use. Since these programs subsidise account for around 60 to 65 percent of all health care dollars spent, OIG exclusion is a severe restriction.

The healthcare programs have to make sure that the persons they deal with are not excluded and the failure to do so can result in significant penalties.

Even if a provider is unaware of the fact that a person is excluded at the time of claim, the OIG has issued guidance advising that such inadvertent violations must be reported and repaid.

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