Lobbyists Downplay Latest OIG Claims Of Billing Fraud In Telehealth

Telehealth lobbyists downplay the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest findings on fraudulent telehealth billing, raised in an OIG General Telehealth Use and Program Integrity Risks report released Dec. 1, saying when taken into context the data actually show there is little reason to be concerned. While OIG found that telehealth led to fraudulent billing across selected federal health care programs in 2020, the lobbyists say that fraudulent telehealth billing happens less frequently than fraudulent billing for in-person care, and...