What information should an advisory opinion request include?
We have prepared a checklist of the information to submit. In addition, there are “preliminary questions” intended to give requestors an idea of the type of information that the OIG may need to do the analysis. In general, the request must specifically identify the requesting parties (and any other actual or potential parties, to the extent known) and must provide a detailed factual description of the arrangement at issue and copies of any operative documents. For proposed arrangements, we recognize that actual documents may not be available. In such cases, the requesting party can submit draft documents or detailed narrative descriptions of the material terms to be contained in the documents. However, material differences between the drafts or descriptions submitted and the final operative documents may affect the enforceability of the opinion. Each requesting party must certify the truthfulness of the information submitted (see question below). We cannot issue an opinion to an anonym
