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Recommendations Tracker

HHS-OIG provides independent and objective oversight that promotes economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in HHS programs and operations. To drive positive change, we produce reports and identify recommendations for improvement. We have developed this public-facing page for tracking all of our open recommendations. Learn More

Summary of Recommendations Data

Updated Monthly · Last updated on November 17, 2023

1,344

Open recommendations since start of FY 2000

$268.4B

Potential savings from open recommendations

2,369

Closed recommendations since start of FY 2018

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Showing 1–20 of 516 reports, containing 1,344 recommendations Sorted by most recent report
  • Kentucky Experienced Challenges in Meeting Federal and State Foster Care Program Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Pennsylvania Could Better Ensure That Nursing Homes Comply with Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

  • The Food and Drug Administration Needs To Improve the Premarket Tobacco Application Review Process for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems To Protect Public Health

  • CMS Can Do More To Leverage Medicare Claims Data To Identify Unreported Incidents of Potential Abuse or Neglect

  • Noridian Healthcare Solutions Reopened and Corrected Cost Report Final Settlements To Collect $11 Million in Net Overpayments That Had Been Made to Medicare Providers

  • HHS's Oversight of Automatic Provider Relief Fund Payments Was Generally Effective but Improvements Could Be Made

  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Charged Some Unallowable Costs to Its CDC COVID-19 Award

  • CDC's Internal Control Weaknesses Led to Its Initial COVID-19 Test Kit Failure, but CDC Ultimately Created a Working Test Kit

  • States Face Ongoing Challenges in Meeting Third Party Liability Requirements for Ensuring That Medicaid Functions as the Payer of Last Resort

  • South Dakota MMIS and E&E System Security Controls Were Partially Effective and Improvements Are Needed

  • Mississippi Did Not Always Invoice Rebates to Manufacturers for Physician-Administered Drugs Dispensed to Enrollees of Medicaid Managed-Care Organizations

  • The Strategic National Stockpile Was Not Positioned To Respond Effectively to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Medicare Could Save Millions if It Implements an Expanded Hospital Transfer Payment Policy for Early Discharges to Post Acute Care

  • Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Aetna, Inc. (Contract H5521) Submitted to CMS

  • New Jersey Could Better Ensure That Nursing Homes Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

  • District of Columbia Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2022 Review

  • Biosimilars Have Lowered Costs for Medicare Part B and Enrollees, but Opportunities for Substantial Spending Reductions Still Exist

  • Home Health Agencies Rarely Furnished Services Via Telehealth Early in the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

  • Many Medicaid Enrollees with Opioid Use Disorder Were Treated with Medication; However, Disparities Present Concerns

  • Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Diagnosis Codes That Health Net of California, Inc. (Contract H0562) Submitted to CMS