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Federal Reports
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Department of Health & Human Services
Integrated Health Administrative Services, Inc., Improperly Claimed Medicare Part B Reimbursement for Portable X-ray Services
Integrated Health Administrative Services, Inc. (Integrated), (located in Mamaroneck, New York) complied with certain Medicare Part B requirements for 91 of the 112 claims that we sampled. However, the remaining 21 claims did not comply with certain Medicare requirements. On the basis of our sample results, we estimated that Integrated improperly claimed at least $914,109 in Medicare reimbursement for unallowable portable x-ray services.
The U.S. Postal Service participates in three retirement plans: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (PSRHBF). These plans are restricted to government trust funds invested solely in U.S. Treasury securities. They are often regarded as riskless in the sense that there is virtually no possibility of loss of principal. However, the trade-off for this safety is a low rate of return that has a high probability of not generating adequate investment income to meet all the future obligations of the funds. The OIG retained Segal Consulting (Segal), experts in actuarial science and pension plan management, to explore options to improve the funding situation on the assets side. Segal identified six alternative investment strategies. All of Segal’s proposed portfolios outperform the current strategy.
Independent Evaluation of NRC's Implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 for Fiscal Year 2017-Region IV, Arlington, Texas
We determined that the County’s accounting policies, procedures, and business practices appear adequate to account for FEMA grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. However, the County could benefit from Florida, as FEMA’s grant recipient, providing additional technical assistance and monitoring of its pending projects
We determined that Downe Township did not always follow Federal procurement standards in awarding contracts for disaster work. We recommended that FEMA disallow $832,040 of $2.5 million in grant funds awarded to the Township. The Township did not have support for $445,385 of the questioned costs. We also recommended that the Administrator, FEMA Region II, deobligate unused project costs, and withhold $2.3 million in funds requested for additional project work until New Jersey provides assurance that the Township complies with all Federal procurement standards for FEMA funded work. FEMA Region II concurred with all of our recommendations.
