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What is the OMIG State Exclusion Database?

What is the OMIG State Exclusion Database?

The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) is a government entity that protects against Medicaid fraud. To keep governments, patients, and providers safe, OMIG keeps a...

What Does it Mean to be Sanctioned by Medicaid?

What Does it Mean to be Sanctioned by Medicaid?

An important part of doing business with the federal government is understanding that all health care organizations, as well as any provider or entity that receives payments from...

Screening State Medicaid Exclusion Databases

Screening State Medicaid Exclusion Databases

Improper payments from the federal government to fraudulent providers is big business. In 2019, the estimated number of improper payments by Medicaid totaled $57.36 billion. The...

What Is a Provider Entity?

What Is a Provider Entity?

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a provider entity is a health care provider or supplier who bills Medicare or Medicaid for services rendered...