HHS Recovery Act Oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Inspector General
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Recovery Act) provides the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), with $17 million in funding for oversight and review. The Recovery Act provided an additional $31,250,000 to OIG for the purpose of ensuring the proper expenditure of funds under Medicaid.
OIG will assess whether HHS is using the $165.4 billion in Recovery Act funds in accordance with legal and administrative requirements and is meeting the accountability objectives defined by the Office of Management and Budget.