By Howard Young, Jacob Harper, Brian Bewley and Kaitlyn Dunn (October 1, 2018, 3:39 PM EDT) -- On Sept. 27, 2018, Gregory Demske, chief counsel to the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced a new initiative designed to increase transparency for health care organizations and their lawyers. Specifically, HHS' Office of Inspector General has created a new "Fraud Risk Indicator" to, in pertinent part, publicize instances when a health care provider that is potentially subject to a permissive exclusion by the OIG, generally in connection with the settlement of a civil False Claims Act case, refuses to agree to a corporate integrity agreement, or CIA....