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Department of Health & Human Services
Round 2 Competitive Bidding for Enteral Nutrition: Continued Access for Vast Majority of Beneficiaries
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established the Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment (DME). The program replaces a fee schedule with a competitive bidding process to set Medicare reimbursement amounts in certain areas. In a letter to OIG, Members of Congress expressed concerns about the program's effect on access to DME and requested that OIG study this issue.
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established the Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment (DME). The program replaces a fee schedule with a competitive bidding process to set Medicare reimbursement amounts in certain areas. In a letter to OIG, Members of Congress expressed concerns about the program's effect on access to DME and requested that OIG study this issue.
Performance Audit Over the Adequacy and Cost Accounting Standards Compliance of the Disclosure Statements, Revisions 5 and 2014-1, for Louis Berger Group, Inc., Intermediate Home Office
Performance Audit Over the Adequacy and Cost Accounting Standards Compliance of the Disclosure Statements, Revisions 2014-0 and 2014-1 for Louis Berger Group, Inc., Integrated Development Segment
Performance Audit Over the Adequacy and Cost Accounting Standards Compliance of the Disclosure Statements, Revisions 3 and 2014-0, for Louis Berger Group, Inc., Global Operations Segment
The OIG investigated allegations that two Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employees sold stolen BIA equipment to a contractor, and that another BIA employee provided sensitive procurement information to a contractor in exchange for kickbacks.We found no evidence to support either allegation. Regarding the first allegation, the BIA facility did not have a tracking system in place during the time of the alleged theft, so we could not determine whether BIA owned the property alleged to have been stolen. The BIA employees and the contractor denied the theft and a search of the contractor’s premises did not identify any Government property. Since the time of the alleged theft, the BIA facility has updated its property management system. Regarding the second allegation, both the BIA employee and the contractor denied the allegation of collusion and kickbacks, and we did not locate any witnesses or records to corroborate the allegation.
