Common use of Federal Program Participation Clause in Contracts

Federal Program Participation. The OIG Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusions on Participation in Federal Health Care Programs, dated September 30, 1999, clarifies the OIG’s sanction authority to impose civil money penalties and deny reimbursement under federal health care programs of any and all products or services if the products or services are provided by an excluded entity. (64 Fed. Reg. 52791 (1999)) The OIG Special Advisory Bulletin specifically 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.” S upplier represents and warrants that: (i) neither it, nor any of its key personnel, have been convicted of an offense related to health care or listed by a federal agency as being debarred, excluded, or otherwise ineligible for federal program participation as of the Effective Date; and (ii) Supplier must immediately notify Broadlane and each Customer in writing if any of these events occurs.

Federal Program Participation. The OIG Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusions on Participation in Federal Health Care Programs, dated September 30, 1999, clarifies the OIG’s sanction authority to impose civil money penalties and deny reimbursement under federal health care programs of any and all products or services if the products or services are provided by an excluded entity. (64 Fed. Reg. 52791 (1999)) The OIG Special Advisory Bulletin specifically 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.” S upplier Supplier represents and warrants that: (i) neither it, nor any of its key personnel, have been convicted of an offense related to health care or listed by a federal agency as being debarred, excluded, or otherwise ineligible for federal program participation as of the Effective Date; and (ii) Supplier must immediately notify Broadlane KPS and each Customer in writing if any of these events occurs.