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HHS-OIG FOIA Response – No Records Located for Medical Billing / MiChart Investigations at University of Michigan Radiology (2017–2020)

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This record documents a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General ( HHS-OIG ), on May 1, 2025 , in response to a request seeking records of investigations or reports concerning medical billing/MiChart practices at the University of Michigan Department of Radiology for the period January 1, 2017 through January 1, 2020 . HHS-OIG reported that it could not locate any responsive records to that request. No records were identified. The complaint remains. The FOIA release associated with the July 20, 2017 medical billing complaint references the NIH R01 NS082304 grant . See: July 20, 2017 HHS-OIG Medical Billing Complaint (University of Michigan Radiology) See also: HHS-OIG FOIA Determination and Investigation Records – July 20, 2017 Medical Billing Complaint (University of Michigan Radiology) What followed the complaint is reflected in the institutio...
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HHS-OIG FOIA Record – University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint; Closing Memorandum; No Final Report or Recorded Interviews (U.S. Attorney Curteman, 2021)

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HHS Office of Inspector General responses to Freedom of Information Act requests regarding records associated with the July 20, 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint. The below correspondence arises from a litigated FOIA appeal seeking the final report of an investigation associated with NIH grant R01 NS082304. In response, HHS-OIG advised in 2021 that no final report existed and provided the closing memorandum for complaint/case number (#5-17-0-0192-4), the same memorandum shown above. Email Correspondence HHS-OIG and U.S. Attorney correspondence regarding FOIA requests for records associated with complaint/case #5-17-0-0192-4. As stated by Dedra Curteman, Assistant U.S. Attorney , “there is not and never was an HHS OIG final report, other than the investigative memorandum that you’ve received,” and “interview reports were not created by HHS.” This request is followed by ...
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HHS-OIG FOIA Production (Senator Cardin Intervention) – University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint and Investigative Materials

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HHS Office of Inspector General records produced in response to a congressional inquiry and Freedom of Information Act appeal regarding a July 20, 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint (case #5-17-0-0192-4). Congressional inquiry and FOIA appeal submitted through the Office of Senator Ben Cardin. Privacy Act authorization and correspondence submitted through the Office of Senator Ben Cardin in support of a FOIA appeal regarding complaint/case #5-17-0-0192-4. HHS-OIG FOIA determination issued May 1, 2025. HHS-OIG FOIA determination identifying responsive investigative memoranda and interview records associated with complaint/case #5-17-0-0192-4. Twelve pages of records were identified and partially released.
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HHS-OIG FOIA Record – University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint; Closing Memorandum; No Final Report or Recorded Interviews (U.S. Attorney Curteman, 2021)

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HHS Office of Inspector General responses to Freedom of Information Act requests regarding records associated with the July 20, 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint. HHS-OIG FOIA responses (2021) and attached closing memorandum provided in response to requests for records associated with the July 20, 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint. Email Correspondence HHS-OIG and U.S. Attorney correspondence regarding FOIA requests for records associated with the July 20, 2017 University of Michigan medical billing complaint. No final investigative report was identified, and no interview reports were released in response to the request.
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HHS-OIG Investigation and Disposition - July 20, 2017 University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint (2017–2019)

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HHS Office of Inspector General record reflecting handling and disposition of the July 20, 2017 complaint. HHS-OIG hotline record (L133248) reflecting receipt, referral, and administrative closure of the July 20, 2017 complaint. The complainant field is redacted in this record. The complaint was administratively closed on August 21, 2019.
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HHS-OIG FOIA Responses Producing Intake Complaint Form – University of Michigan Medical Billing Complaint (July 20, 2017)

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This document reflects HHS Office of Inspector General responses to separate February 2024 Freedom of Information Act requests submitted by Dr. Myria Petrou and Dr. Bradley Foerster. The HHS-OIG produced two pages of responsive records, including a July 20, 2017 complaint submitted through its online intake system. HHS-OIG FOIA responses to separate requests submitted by Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou, each identifying two pages of responsive records. FOIA production reflecting a July 20, 2017 complaint submitted at 4:01 PM through the OIG online intake system. Portions of the records were withheld under applicable FOIA exemptions. This record is followed by contemporaneous correspondence regarding the complaint and its submission. Email Correspondence – Dr. Myria Petrou, Dr. Bradley Foerster, Dr. Paul Cronin, and Dr. Aine Kelly ...
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NIH Closes Review of ALS Imaging Grant R01 NS082304 with “No Findings” as RPPR and Subaward Records Raise Questions

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NIH closed its review of Grant R01 NS082304 with “no findings.” The memorandum is dated January 2, 2019 (corrected from 2018). The final NIH RPPR does not attribute specific research activity or data analysis to Dr. Robert Welsh. This entry presents the NIH Division of Program Integrity memorandum, the final NIH Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), subaward records, and a contemporaneous complaint submitted to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) relating to NIH Grant R01 NS082304, an ALS imaging grant for which Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Robert Welsh served as co–principal investigators . The NIH memorandum reflects an administrative review concluding that no improper salary payments were identified and that no further action would be taken. The materials below are presented to allow direct review of the administrative record. Exhibit 1 — NIH Memorandum (January 2, 2019) NIH Division of Program Integrity memoran...
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