Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs

The Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG) is OIG's legal office, and it provides legal advice and representation for OIG in all its activities. More specifically, OCIG renders advice and opinions on HHS programs and operations; provides all legal support for OIG's internal operations; pursues administrative enforcement through civil monetary penalties, exclusions and information blocking cases; represents HHS in False Claims Act cases and implements and monitors compliance measures; implements all OIG exclusions of health care providers; publishes advisory opinions and provides guidance to the health care industry on the Federal anti-kickback statute and other fraud and abuse authorities; and processes all OIG Freedom of Information Act requests. OCIG staff works closely with professionals across OIG to support legally-sound, high-impact work that protects HHS programs and the people touched by those programs. OCIG consists of the following branches: Administrative and Civi