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Abbreviation
HHSOIG
Agencies
Department of Health & Human Services
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General's (OIG) mission is to protect the integrity of HHS programs as well as the health and welfare of program beneficiaries. In doing so, we rely on complaints by HHS employees, contractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees (i.e. whistleblowers) who report fraud, waste, abuse or mismanagement in HHS programs. We also review and investigate reports of whistleblower retaliation. If you would like more information on what kinds of complaints our OIG investigates, please visit our website at https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/before-you-submit.asp. There you will find a list of things you should know before submitting a complaint to the OIG. If you would like more information on the types of whistleblowers protected by the OIG, please visit our whistleblower protection page at https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/whistleblower.asp. If you are a whistleblower and wish to report fraud, waste, abuse or mismanagement in HHS programs, or you wish to report whistleblower retaliation, please visit our Hotline at https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/index.asp.
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
  • Issues about Medicare policy, coverage, billing claims or appeals
  • Lost or stolen Medicare card
  • Allegations by HHS employees of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference
  • Allegations by employees or applicants concerning prohibited personnel practices; or Hatch Act violations
  • Appeals of administrative decisions made by HHS agencies, grantees or contractors, including Medicare payment decisions and contract or grant awards
  • Appeals of judicial decisions by federal or state courts involving HHS programs
  • Complaints of failure to safeguard medical information, i.e. HIPAA violations
  • Customer service complaints involving HHS employees, grantees or contractors
  • Allegations of identity theft unrelated to HHS programs
  • Disability fraud
  • SNAP/Food Stamp Fraud
  • Self-Disclosures

New York State Improperly Claimed Medicaid Reimbursement for Some Managed Long-Term Care Payments

2017
A-02-15-01026
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

New York improperly claimed reimbursement for 36 of 100 payments made to Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) plans. Specifically, New York did not ensure that MLTC plans documented eligibility assessments of program applicants and reassessments of those already in the program, and conducted these...

Minnesota Disbursed Only Part of Its Civil Money Penalty Collections, Limiting Resources To Protect and Improve Care for Nursing Facility Residents 

2017
A-05-16-00017
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

Civil money penalty (CMP) collections received by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (State agency) during our audit period totaled $592,000. However, the State agency reimbursed nursing facilities $114,000, or only about 20 percent of the amount collected, for expenditures incurred during...

Briefing to The Honorable Gus Bilirakis, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives Audit Briefing

2017
A-02-17-02001
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Health requested that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, provide information regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS)...

Arkansas Did Not Make Supplemental Payments in Accordance With Federal Requirements 

2017
A-06-15-00042
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

Arkansas did not always make the supplemental Medicaid payments in accordance with Federal requirements. Sixteen of the 120 supplemental payments in our stratified random sample were correct. For 88 of the remaining 104 supplemental payments, Arkansas incorrectly calculated the amount of the...

Kansas Did Not Always Verify Correction of Deficiencies Identified During Surveys of Nursing Homes Participating in Medicare and Medicaid 

2017
A-07-17-03218
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

On the basis of our review of 100 sampled deficiencies, we determined that the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Survey, Certification and Credentialing Commission (State agency), did not always verify nursing homes' correction of deficiencies identified during surveys in calendar...

Alabama Did Not Adequately Secure Its Medicaid Data and Information Systems

2017
A-04-15-05065
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

HHS oversees States' use of various Federal programs, including Medicaid. State agencies are required to establish appropriate computer system security requirements and conduct biennial reviews of computer system security used in the administration of State plans for Medicaid and other Federal...

CMS and Its Claims Processing Contractors Issued Conflicting Guidance on the Proper Use of the KX Modifier for Part B Immunosuppressive Drug Claims  

2017
A-06-15-00018
Audit
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Department of Health & Human Services

Medicare Part B paid for some immunosuppressive drugs billed with the KX modifier that were not eligible for Part B payment. Of the 75 claims in our random sample, pharmacies had documentation to support the KX modifier for 65 claims but did not have support for the remaining 10.

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