On July 29, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated its FAQs published in response to inquiries from the healthcare community on the application of the OIG’s administrative enforcement authorities to arrangements connected to the COVID-19 public health emergency. More specifically, the OIG concluded that if certain conditions are met, there is a low risk of fraud and abuse for an oncology practice to offer free or discounted lodging to patients who are Federal health care program beneficiaries and who, prior to the COVID-19 emergency, would have  qualified for free or discounted housing at a nonprofit lodging facility while receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Applicable conditions include: (1) the patient must reside more than fifty miles from the treatment site; (2) the patient is an established patient of the practice who scheduled the treatment prior to the offering of the free or discounted lodging; (3) the lodging aid would facilitate the patient’s access to care while receiving treatment; (4) the practice reasonably believes that the patient would have qualified for free or discounted lodging during treatment at a nonprofit lodging facility that is closed as a result of the COVID-19 emergency; (5) the aid is in-kind (as opposed to a stipend given directly to the patient); (6) the lodging is in close proximity to the treatment site; (7) the practice does not advertise the availability of this aid; and (8) the lodging is provided during the COVID-19 emergency. Healthcare providers are invited to submit inquiries to OIGComplianceSuggestions@oig.hhs.gov after reading these FAQs.