Department of Health & Human Services

Medicaid telemedicine services are health services delivered via telecommunication systems. A Medicaid patient at an originating site uses audio and video equipment to communicate with a health professional at a distant site. Before the COVID-19 public health emergency, Medicaid programs were seeing...

The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG Act) of 2014 added new requirements for States that receive funding from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to conduct comprehensive criminal background checks on staff members and prospective staff members of child care providers every 5...

Florida school districts participating in Medicaid as providers certify quarterly that they have used non-Federal education funds for school-based services.Prior Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits identified significant overpayments to school districts for school-based services. In those...

This audit report is one of a series of OIG reports addressing the identification, reporting, and investigation of incidents of potential abuse or neglect of our Nation’s most vulnerable populations, including the elderly and individuals with developmental disabilities. Our objectives were to...

As part of our oversight activities, we are conducting audits of Medicaid school-based services claimed by States. Prior OIG and State audits found that Connecticut did not monitor the School Based Child Health (SBCH) program to ensure that Medicaid-eligible children received services in accordance...

In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA established enhanced Federal reimbursement rates for services provided to nondisabled, low-income adults without dependent children (new adult group). The enhanced reimbursement rates established under the ACA...

In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA established enhanced Federal reimbursement rates for services provided to nondisabled, low-income adults without dependent children (new adult group). The enhanced reimbursement rates established under the ACA...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has awarded a series of grants to States and Tribes to combat opioid use disorder (OUD). SAMHSA was authorized to award $1 billion in funding for fiscal years (FYs) 2017 and 2018...

The United States currently faces a nationwide public health emergency due to the opioid crisis. Opioid treatment programs (OTPs) provide medication coupled with counseling services (referred to in this report as “OTP services”) for people diagnosed with an opioid use disorder. This audit is part of...

Texas Quality Incentive Payment ProgramQIPP operates as part of the Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Waiver (the waiver), which provides health care services delivered through MCOs. QIPP is designed to improve quality and innovation in the provision of nursing facility...