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U.S. Agency for International Development
Enhanced Guidance and Practices Would Improve USAID's Transition Planning and Third-Party Monitoring in Iraq
Our objective was to determine if the Postal Service timely terminated payments to Contract Postal Unit (CPU) and Village Post Office (VPO) suppliers when services were no longer provided. The Postal Service fulfills its universal service obligation partly through its Alternate Access Channels programs, which offer postal products and convenient mail services where customers live, work, and shop. These programs include CPUs and VPOs. All CPUs and VPOs provide Postal services as required by contract with the Postal Service in a supplier-owned or supplier-leased facility.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG Act) of 2014 added new requirements for States receiving 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 years. Criminal background checks requirements apply to any staff member who is employed by a child care provider for compensation or whose activities involve the care or supervision of children or unsupervised access to children.Our objective was to determine whether Virginia's monitoring process ensured provider compliance with State requirements related to criminal background checks established under the CCDBG Act.
Facet-joint injections of an anesthetic with or without a steroid are used to diagnose or treat chronic neck and back pain. A prior Office of Inspector General (OIG) review found that 47 percent of Medicare payments to physicians for facet-joint injections nationwide in calendar year (CY) 2006, or approximately $96 million, did not meet Medicare program requirements. In addition, Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC (Noridian), one of the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), identified during audits performed in CYs 2016 through 2018 various errors in which physicians did not bill for facet-joint injections in accordance with Medicare requirements. Therefore, we conducted this audit to determine whether Noridian made improper payments for facet-joint injections in Jurisdiction E from January 1, 2018, through May 31, 2019 (audit period).
