Federal Reports

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation did not claim $1.5 million of allowable Medicare pension costs on its incurred cost proposals for calendar years 2008 through 2013.

We completed a verification review of Recommendations 2 and 3 presented in our September 2016 evaluation report titled “U.S. Department of the Interior’s Internal Controls for Purchase Cards and Fleet Cards” (2015-ER-011). Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus had taken sufficient action to implement the recommendations as reported to the Office of Financial Management (PFM), Office of Policy, Management and Budget. The PFM reported to us that it closed the recommendations. Based on our review, we concur that Recommendations 2 and 3 have been resolved and implemented.

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation understated Medicare’s share of the surplus of Medicare segment pension assets by $17.7 million.

The OIG investigated an allegation that a DOI grant official had a conflict of interest because she owned a consulting company that assisted people in obtaining grants.We found no evidence of a conflict of interest. The official’s consulting company had no revenue, clients, or employees; the official only intended to consult on non-Federal grants; and the official disclosed her company on her required annual financial disclosure form.