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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 21–40 of 516 reports, containing 1,344 recommendations Sorted by most recent report
  • Four States Reviewed Received Increased Medicaid COVID-19 Funding Even Though They Terminated Some Enrollees' Coverage for Unallowable or Potentially Unallowable Reasons

  • Alabama Did Not Always Invoice Rebates to Manufacturers for Pharmacy and Physician-Administered Drugs

  • FDA Could Take Stronger Enforcement Action Against Tobacco Retailers With Histories of Sales to Youth and Other Violations

  • New York Did Not Ensure That a Managed Care Organization Complied With Requirements for Denying Prior Authorization Requests

  • Amerigroup Iowa's Prior Authorization and Appeal Processes Were Effective, but Improvements Can Be Made

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

  • Novitas Solutions, Inc., Claimed Some Unallowable Medicare Nonqualified Plan Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals

  • Puerto Rico Claimed Over $7 Million in Federal Reimbursement for Medicaid Capitation Payments Made on Behalf of Enrollees Who Were or May Have Been Deceased

  • The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Did Not Ensure That Clinics Fully Complied With Federal Requirements When Awarding and Monitoring Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants

  • Puerto Rico Claimed More Than $500 Thousand in Unallowable Medicaid Managed Care Payments for Enrollees Assigned More Than One Identification Number

  • CDC's Vaccines for Children Program Recipients Did Not Conduct Site Visits at Some Providers as Required

  • Medicare Improperly Paid Acute-Care Hospitals for Inpatient Claims Subject to the Post-Acute-Care Transfer Policy Over a 4-Year Period, but CMS's System Edits Were Effective in Reducing Improper Payments by the End of the Period

  • Risk Assessment of the Administration for Children and Families' Purchase Card Program for Fiscal Year 2021

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

  • Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization Among Their Medicare Patients

  • Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2022 Inspection

  • Florida Did Not Refund $106 Million Federal Share of Medicaid Managed Care Rebates It Received for Calendar Years 2015 Through 2020

  • Widespread Pandemic Disruption Spurred Innovation to State Paternity Establishment Practices

  • Medicare Made $17.8 Million in Potentially Improper Payments for Opioid-Use-Disorder Treatment Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs

  • Medicare Paid Independent Organ Procurement Organizations Over Half a Million Dollars for Professional and Public Education Overhead Costs That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements