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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Railroad Retirement Board OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Railroad Retirement Board OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Railroad Retirement Board
Report Number
21-05
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
8
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Open Recommendations

This report has 8 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
21-051 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should publish Railroad Medicare program payment integrity information in accordance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 and the Office of Management and Budget's data call requirements until it formalizes an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take over reporting for Railroad Medicare.

21-052 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should publish improper payment estimates for the Railroad Medicare program in the Office of Management and Budget's data calls, until the Office of Management and Budget formally approves the Railroad Retirement Board's discontinuation of reporting or approves an agreement between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Railroad Retirement Board on how Railroad Medicare will be reported.

21-053 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should develop and publish corrective action plan information in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget directives.

21-054 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should publish reduction targets for the Railroad Medicare program in accordance with the annual Office of Management and Budget Data Call requirements.

21-055 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should meet the published reduction targets for the Railroad Medicare program.

21-056 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should report an improper payment rate of less than 10 percent for the Railroad Medicare program in accordance with applicable laws and recommendations.

21-057 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should fully complete and publish all required payment integrity information as requested by the Office of Management and Budget's annual and supplemental data calls, until it formalizes an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take over reporting for Railroad Medicare.

21-058 No $0 $0 Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.

The Office of Programs should describe in its Performance and Accountability Report or Office of Management and Budget supplemental data call submission, the internal controls, human capital, its information systems and infrastructure needs, as well as its other program needs for reducing Railroad Medicare improper payments to the targeted levels, in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget's supplemental data call requirements.

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

United States