The State of North Carolina Did Not Meet Federal Information System Security Requirements for Safeguarding Its Medicaid Eligibility Determination Systems and Data

The U.S. Department of health and Human Services (HHS) oversees States' administration 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 entitlement benefits. This review is one of a number of HHS OIG reviews of States' computer systems used to administer HHS-funded programs.