Daniel Levinson, former head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), will make his first broadcast appearance on Monitor Mondays since his announced retirement earlier this year.

During his 15-year stint as the nation’s top healthcare watchdog, Levinson oversaw investigations into controversial health issues, including what was described as the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history in July 2017, when more than 400 defendants in 41 judicial districts were charged with participating in schemes involving about $1.3 billion in false billings to Medicare and Medicaid. 

Other segments to appear on the broadcast include:

• RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel returns to the broadcast to report on the latest audits by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and other third-party auditors. Emanuel, a member of the RACmonitor editorial board, is a partner in the Potomac Law Group.
  
  
• Court Report: Reporting on the major Insys Therapeutics settlement announced Thursday is famed whistleblower Mary Inman, a partner in the London office of Constantine Cannon.
  
  
• Monday Focus: The U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on "Medicare for All," the proposal that would shift the U.S. to a single-payer healthcare system. Continuing his reporting on this hot-button topic will be Dennis Jones, administrator of patient financial services at Montefiore Nyack Hospital in Nyack, N.Y.
  
  
• SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on social determinants of health (SdoH), has the latest news on this trending topic that is attracting significant media attention.
  
  
• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser returns to Monitor Mondays with his popular segment, in which he reports on problematic issues facing providers.
  
  
• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, makes his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.