OIG Guidance Threatens Exclusion on Company Officials for Misconduct

Individual officers and managing employees at a pharmaceutical company can be labeled a criminal and potentially forced out of the industry because of someone else’s misconduct, according to a new guidance from HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG). The Social Security Act permits OIG to exclude individual officers and managing employees from participation in federal healthcare programs because of company misconduct — even if they are unaware of it, according to the
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