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Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Health & Human Services
Report Number
A-02-22-01014
Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
2
Questioned Costs
$12,273,544
Funds for Better Use
$0
Report updated under NDAA 5274
No
External Link
https://oig.hhs.gov/reports/all/2024/seven-of-thirty-hospices-reviewed-did-not-…

Open Recommendations

This report has 2 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
25-A-02-010.01 No $8,306,519 $0

We recommend that the Health Resources and Services Administration require the six hospices identified in our report as having used PRF payments for unallowable expenditures, totaling $8,306,519, to return the PRF payments to the Federal Government or ensure that the hospices properly replace the unallowable expenditures with allowable unreimbursed lost revenues or eligible expenses, if applicable.

25-A-02-010.02 No $3,967,025 $0

We recommend that the Health Resources and Services Administration work with the hospice identified in our report as having used $3,967,025 of its PRF payments for potentially unallowable expenditures to determine what amounts should have been allocated and require the hospice to return unallowable amounts to the Federal Government or ensure that the hospice properly replaces these unallowable expenditures with unreimbursed lost revenues or eligible expenses, if applicable.

Department of Health & Human Services OIG

United States