Department of Health & Human Services

We reviewed the oversight of opioid prescribing and the monitoring of opioid use in Nevada. This factsheet shows Nevada's responses to our questionnaire covering five categories related to its approach to addressing the opioid epidemic: policies and procedures, data analytics, programs, outreach...

The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) was established in January 2011 by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (Zadroga Act). The WTCHP is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC incurred WTCHP administrative costs by contracting with...

Lincoln Hall Boys' Haven (Lincoln Hall), an Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) grantee located in Lincolndale, New York, did not meet or properly document that it met certain safety requirements for the care and release of children in its custody. Further, it could not identify actual expenditures...

As part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest public funder of biomedical research agency in the world, investing more than $30 billion in taxpayer dollars to achieve its mission. NIH's mission is to seek fundamental knowledge...

We reviewed the oversight of opioid prescribing and the monitoring of opioid use in the State of Utah. This factsheet shows the State of Utah's responses to our questionnaire covering five categories related to its approach to addressing the opioid epidemic: policies and procedures, data analytics...

We reviewed the oversight of opioid prescribing and the monitoring of opioid use in Tennessee. This factsheet shows Tennessee's responses to our questionnaire covering five categories related to its approach to addressing the opioid epidemic: policies and procedures, data analytics, programs...

Community Hospital (The Hospital), located in Munster, Indiana, complied with Medicare billing requirements for 84 of the 170 inpatient and outpatient claims we reviewed. However, the Hospital did not fully comply with Medicare billing requirements for the remaining 86 claims, all of which were...

In the Spring of 2018, the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a "zero-tolerance policy" for certain immigration offenses. As a result, DHS separated large numbers of alien families, with adults being held in Federal detention while their children were...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis (Opioid STR) grants to States and territories to use for programs that address opioid addiction. The 21st Century Cures Act allowed SAMHSA to award $1 billion in funding, half...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 required CMS to phase in a Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. In July 2008, mail-order diabetes test strips became part of the Competitive Bidding Program in...