The OIG won’t admit it, but the opioid crackdown is diverting resources from traditional Medicare fraud and waste enforcement efforts. At least that’s the most likely explanation for the dramatic decline across all enforcement metrics documented in the agency’s most recent semiannual report for April to September 2018. This is both a continuation and acceleration…
Enforcement Trends: Opioid Crackdown Is Diverting Resources from Traditional OIG Enforcement Activities
