Audit of the Recovery of the Payments Made Under the COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments Program

OBJECTIVE

This work will provide details of the effectiveness of CMS controls over its Accelerated and Advance Payment Program (AAP) payments to providers and payment recovery. We will obtain data and meet with program officials to understand CMS's eligibility determination process for AAP payments and the steps CMS will have taken to recover such funds in compliance with the CARES Act and other Federal requirements. The objectives of our work will be to determine whether CMS made AAP payments to eligible providers and implemented controls to recover the AAP payments in compliance with the CARES Act and other Federal requirements. We will also evaluate a select group of providers to determine whether they were eligible for AAP payments, and their efforts to repay CMS in compliance with the CARES Act and other Federal requirements.

TIMELINE

• November 2, 2022
  Announced
• September 17, 2024
  Complete

  Audit of the Recovery of the Payments Made Under the COVID-19 Accelerated and Advance Payments Program has been marked as complete. Report Published

REPORT PUBLISHED

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