Common use of Excluded Providers Clause in Contracts

Excluded Providers. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusions on Participation in Federal Health Care Programs clarifies OIG’s sanction authority to impose civil money penalties and deny reimbursement under federal health care programs for products or services provided by an excluded entity. Specifically, it provides that “items or equipment sold by an excluded manufacturer or supplier used in the care or treatment of beneficiaries and reimbursed, directly or indirectly, by a federal health care program violate the OIG’s exclusion.” ABDC certifies that neither it, nor any of its key personnel, are listed by a federal agency as being debarred, excluded, or otherwise ineligible for federal program participation as of the Effective Date and ABDC will immediately notify Customer in writing if any of these events occurs.

Excluded Providers. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusions on Participation in Federal Health Care Programs clarifies OIG’s sanction authority to impose civil money penalties and deny reimbursement under federal health care programs for products or services provided by an excluded entity. Specifically, it provides that “items or equipment sold by an excluded manufacturer or supplier used in the care or treatment of beneficiaries and reimbursed, directly or indirectly, by a federal health care program violate the OIG’s exclusion.” ABDC certifies that neither it, nor not any of its key personnel, are listed by a federal agency as being debarred, excluded, or otherwise ineligible for federal program participation as of the Effective Date and ABDC will immediately notify Customer in writing if any of these events occurs.