Compliance News
By HHS News releases on Thursday, February 02, 2023.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is announcing the launch of the new National Early Care and Education Workforce Center (the ECE Workforce Center).
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Thursday, February 02, 2023.
London-based Keith Read (LinkedIn) is a longtime member of the compliance community and author of the book The Unconventional Compliance Officer: Doing Things Differently. He laments the fact that compliance officers spend their time "pushing", as he describes it: pushing training, reminders, policies and so forth. That, he believes, leads to compliance fatigue and pushback.
By SEC Press Releases on Thursday, February 02, 2023.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a staff report that provides a summary of the staff's examinations of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs) and discusses the state of competition, transparency, and conflicts of interest among NRSROs.
By Government Accountability Office on Wednesday, February 01, 2023.
What GAO Found While fraud and accountability issues will continue to occur in COVID-19 relief programs, there is already ample evidence of widespread fraud, improper payments, and accountability deficiencies during the pandemic.
By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, February 01, 2023.
The Justice Department announced today that the village of Hinsdale, Illinois, has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the village violated the Fair Housing Act when it refused to allow the operation of a sober living home for persons in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in a residential neighborhood.
By US Department of Justice, News on Wednesday, February 01, 2023.
Three California companies have agreed to pay a total of $530,000 to settle allegations that they knowingly violated the False Claims Act when they received and retained more than one Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan prior to Dec. 31, 2020, in violation of PPP rules.
By Government Accountability Office on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
To alert the audit community to changes in professional standards, we periodically issue Professional Standards Updates (PSU). These updates highlight the effective dates of recently issued standards and guidance related to engagements conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards.
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Pharmaceutical and medical device companies use a number of methods to market their products. Among them, speaker programs get the most attention, often for all the wrong reasons. As Radha Inguva, Director of Compliance, The CM Group explains in this podcast, while these programs are designed to educate the medical community they often lead to wrongdoing, with "educational sessions" held at wine tastings, lavish dinners and even Hooters.
By SEC Press Releases on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Committee will discuss alternative approaches to private company financing, the Commission's February 2022 proposal regarding private fund advisers, and the role of equity research for smaller public companies and investors.
By US Department of Justice, News on Monday, January 30, 2023.
A federal court today entered a consent decree of permanent injunction prohibiting LGM Pharma LLC, a Florida company, from distributing active pharmaceutical ingredients not manufactured, processed, or held in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
By Government Accountability Office on Monday, January 30, 2023.
GAO invites comments on the proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards, commonly known as the Yellow Book.
By HHS News releases on Monday, January 30, 2023.
Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) final rule strengthens Medicare Advantage and restores payment oversight program
By US Department of Justice, News on Monday, January 30, 2023.
Today, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Logan Square Aluminum Supply Inc., resolving alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting regulations, known as the RRP rule, at renovation projects Logan Square and its contractors performed in Chicago and Chicago suburbs.
By SEC Press Releases on Monday, January 30, 2023.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to its ethics rules to strengthen and modernize its ethics compliance program. The amendments would add new requirements and prohibitions to the program, which already includes some of the most stringent ethics requirements in the executive branch for all agency employees, their spouses, and minor children.
By US Department of Justice, News on Monday, January 30, 2023.
A federal jury convicted two Florida doctors today for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting over $31 million in claims for expensive durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks.
By The Compliance & Ethics Blog on Thursday, January 26, 2023.
Providence is a US-based healthcare system with over 165 years of history behind it. But, the Providence Global Center in India started just in 2020. It was founded as an engineering and operations hub and has a startup culture.
