Clinical diagnostic laboratory (lab) tests provide information integral to preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease in millions of Medicare beneficiaries every year. The Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) requires reform of Medicare's payment system for lab tests-the first such reform in 3 decades. Beginning in 2018, Medicare payment rates-which are currently based on inflation-adjusted lab charges-will be replaced with new rates based on current charges in the private health care market. In response to a mandate contained in PAMA, OIG is monitoring Medicare payments for lab tests and CMS's implementation of the new payment system.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Health & Human Services | Changing How Medicare Pays for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests: An Update on CMS's Progress | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Export-Import Bank | Breech of Information by Former Employee | Investigation |
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| Export-Import Bank | Counterfeit PIV Cards | Investigation |
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| Export-Import Bank | Global Export Machinery (et al.) | Investigation |
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View Report | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Audit of the SEC's Information Technology Requirements-Gathering Process, Report No. 538 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Postal Service | Management and Oversight of Highway Contract Routes | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Postal Service | Trailer Lease Reduction Projects | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Smithsonian Institution | Fiscal Year 2015 Independent Evaluation of the Smithsonian Institution's Information Security Program | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | VA Department of Housing and Community Development | Audit |
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View Report | |
| Appalachian Regional Commission | Open ARC and State Administered Grants | Review |
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