Potential Cost Savings in HHS Programs: Legislative Actions

$17 Billion in potential cost savings could be generated if Congress takes action based on these HHS-OIG reports.

The $17 billion in potential cost savings is based on a select subset of recent OIG reports that highlight significant opportunities for improving HHS programs.

Related Reports

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• Trend Toward More Expensive Inpatient Hospital Stays in Medicare Emerged Before COVID-19 and Warrants Further Scrutiny
• Vulnerabilities Remain Under Medicare's 2-Midnight Hospital Policy
• Medicare and Beneficiaries Paid Substantially More to Provider-Based Facilities in Eight Selected States in Calendar Years 2010 Through 2017 Than They Paid to Freestanding Facilities in the Same States for the Same Type of Services
• Nearly All States Made Capitation Payments for Beneficiaries Who Were Concurrently Enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care Program in Two States