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See also: Archive (2025-2017)

March 2026

03-09-2026

• Advisory Opinion 26-04: Favorable opinion regarding the transfer of ownership interests by the sole shareholder of a Medicare certified ambulatory surgical center in anticipation of his retirement from medical practice.
• Advisory Opinion 26-03: Favorable opinion regarding a medical technology manufacturer and distributor’s proposal to offer to certain ambulatory surgery centers a discount on intraocular lenses and other surgical supplies used to perform cataract surgery, contingent on affiliated physician practices purchasing its software product.

03-02-2026

• Colorado Made at Least $77.8 Million in Improper Fee-for-Service Medicaid Payments for Applied Behavior Analysis Provided to Children A-09-24-02004

February 2026

02-27-2026

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fiscal Year 2025 Detailed Accounting Submission and Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Formulation Compliance Report for National Drug Control Activities, and the Accompanying Required Assertions OAS-26-03-023
• Food and Drug Administration Fiscal Year 2025 Detailed Accounting Submission and Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Formulation Compliance Report for National Drug Control Activities, and the Accompanying Required Assertions OAS-26-03-024
• National Institutes of Health Fiscal Year 2025 Detailed Accounting Submission and Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Formulation Compliance Report for National Drug Control Activities, and the Accompanying Required Assertions OAS-26-03-025

02-26-2026

• Alaska Missed Opportunities to Protect American Indian and Alaska Native Children Missing from Foster Care OEI-07-23-00480
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital Received At Least $12.1 Million in Medicare Overpayments A-04-23-08098

02-25-2026

• CMP and Affirmative Exclusions, EMTALA/Patient Dumping - February 2026 updates
• CMP and Affirmative Exclusions - December 2025 update

02-23-2026

• Office of Inspector General’s Partnership With the Office of the Utah Inspector General: Inspector General’s Report Audit of Capitation Payments Made Concurrently With Another State A-07-23-05136
• Fourteen of Thirty Selected Indian Health Service and Rural Providers Did Not Comply or May Not Have Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Expending Provider Relief Fund Payments A-09-23-01001

02-20-2026

• Medicare Home Health Agency Provider Compliance Audit: Alternate Solutions Homecare of Dayton A-05-24-00014
• New York Should Improve Its Monitoring of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Subrecipients A-02-23-02005

02-18-2026

• Advisory Opinion 26-02: Favorable opinion regarding a proposal from an entity that manages urgent care centers to operate a laboratory that would provide services to patients of the urgent care centers it manages.

02-17-2026

• Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the Third Quarter of 2025 OEI-03-26-00040
• Updated Work Plan

02-13-2026

• Missouri Did Not Obtain Millions of Dollars in Rebates for Medicaid Physician-Administered and Pharmacy Drugs A-07-23-06113
• Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements: 1 New CIA

02-12-2026

• ACF's $529 Million Sole Source Contract Award for Unaccompanied Alien Children Services Was Based on an Unsolicited Proposal, Double the Cost Estimate, and Noncompliant with Pre-Award Requirements A-03-22-00353
• West Virginia Did Not Obtain Rebates Associated With Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Physician-Administered Drugs Dispensed to Enrollees of Medicaid Managed-Care Organizations A-07-24-06116

02-10-2026

• LEIE Database Updated with January 2026 Exclusions and Reinstatements
• Job Posting: Office of Counsel to the Inspector General

02-06-2026

• Updated: CMP and Affirmative Exclusions, EMTALA/Patient Dumping
• Updated: Fraud Self-Disclosures

02-05-2026

• Philadelphia Did Not Meet All of the Requirements for the COVID-19 Screening Testing Program at K-12 Schools

02-04-2026

• ACF Can Improve Services to Homeless Youth by Strengthening Grant Recipients’ Compliance With Transitional Living Program Requirements A-06-23-07001

02-03-2026

• NEW: Medicare Advantage Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance (ICPG)

02-02-2026

• A Large Southeastern Hospital Could Improve Certain Security Controls to Enhance Its Ability to Prevent and Detect Cyberattacks A-18-22-08021
• Updated Fraud Risk and Heightened Scrutiny: FY 2026 Q1

January 2026

01-28-2026

• Total Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Rose in 2024, Driven by Increased Spending on Genetic Tests OEI-09-25-00330
• Audit of Medicare Administrative Contractor Information Security Program Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2024 OAS-25-18-064

01-27-2026

• Special Advisory Bulletin: Application of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute to Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Sales by Manufacturers to Patients With Federal Health Care Program Coverage
• Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP

01-22-2026

• Maine Made at Least $45.6 Million in Improper Fee-for-Service Medicaid Payments for Rehabilitative and Community Support Services Provided to Children Diagnosed With Autism A-01-24-00006
• Press Release: HHS-OIG Audit Finds Maine Made At Least $45.6 Million in Improper Medicaid Payments for Autism Services

01-21-2026

• Fall 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress
• At A Glance: Fall 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress
• Impact Brief: Saving Taxpayer Dollars in Fiscal Year 2025
• Video: HHS-OIG Advisory Opinion Process | Five Things You Need to Know

01-20-2026

• 2025 Top Management & Performance Challenges Facing HHS

01-16-2026

• Advisory Opinion 26-01: Favorable opinion regarding a proposal by a manufacturer of a clinical laboratory test for colorectal cancer screening to waive any applicable cost sharing for certain commercially insured patients who receive its colorectal cancer screening test.

01-15-2026

• Updated: CMP and Affirmative Exclusions
• Updated: COVID-19

01-13-2026

• Updated: Fraud Self-Disclosures

01-09-2026

• LEIE Database Updated with December 2025 Exclusions and Reinstatements

01-08-2026

• Updated Corporate Integrity Agreements: 1 New CIA

01-07-2026

• Advisory Opinion 25-12 Unfavorable opinion regarding a proposal for a home care agency to market sign-on bonuses to prospective employees with the intention of employing those individuals for the provision of services to other individuals, who most often would be family members of the prospective employees.

01-06-2026

• Essence Healthcare, Inc., Did Not Comply With Federal Requirement for Reporting Direct and Indirect Remunerations for Contract Years 2017 Through 2020 A-03-22-00002

See also: Archive (2025-2017)