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Recommendations Tracker

HHS-OIG provides independent and objective oversight that promotes economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in HHS programs and operations. To drive positive change, we produce reports and identify recommendations for improvement. We have developed this public-facing page for tracking all of our open recommendations. Learn More

Summary of Recommendations Data

Updated Monthly · Last updated on September 16, 2024

1,350

Unimplemented
recommendations

$281.0B

Potential savingsfrom unimplemented recommendations

2,589

Implemented and Closed
recommendations
since FY 2017

OIG Recommendations Grouped by Report

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Showing 21–40 of 1,200 reports, containing 3,939 recommendations Sorted by latest release date
  • The National Institutes of Health Has Made Progress But Could Further Improve Its Closeout Process for Grants and Similar Awards

  • Many States Lack Information To Monitor Maltreatment in Residential Facilities for Children in Foster Care

  • North Carolina Did Not Report and Return All Medicaid Overpayments for the State’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Cases

  • NIH Did Not Close Contracts in Accordance With Federal Requirements, Resulting in the Increased Risk of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

  • CMS Could Strengthen Program Safeguards To Prevent and Detect Improper Medicare Payments for Short Inpatient Stays

  • The Food and Drug Administration’s Inspection and Recall Process Should Be Improved To Ensure the Safety of the Infant Formula Supply

  • Washington Medicaid Fraud Control Unit: 2023 Inspection

  • Medicare Remains Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Related to Off-the-Shelf Orthotic Braces, Which May Result in Improper Payments and Impact the Health of Enrollees

  • Selected CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Program Recipients Generally Complied With Federal Requirements But Did Not Meet All Targets and Charged Some Unallowable Costs

  • California Improperly Claimed $52.7 Million in Federal Medicaid Reimbursement for Capitation Payments Made on Behalf of Noncitizens With Unsatisfactory Immigration Status

  • Department of Health and Human Services Met Many Requirements, but It Did Not Fully Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 and Applicable Improper Payment Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

  • Medicaid Managed Care: States Do Not Consistently Define or Validate Paid Amount Data for Drug Claims

  • Plans and Enrollment Often Fell Short for Underrepresented Groups in a Sample of NIH-Funded Clinical Trials

  • Colorado Did Not Report and Refund the Correct Federal Share of Medicaid-Related Overpayments for Some Cases Identified by the State’s Program Integrity Section

  • New York Medical College Claimed Unallowable Grant Costs and Did Not Meet Certain Financial Conflict of Interest Requirements

  • State Agencies Could Be Obtaining Hundreds of Millions in Additional Medicaid Rebates Associated With Physician-Administered Drugs

  • New Mexico Should Refund Almost $120 Million to the Federal Government for Medicaid Nursing Facility Level-of-Care Managed Care Capitated Payments

  • California Generally Completed Medicaid Eligibility Actions During the Unwinding Period in Accordance With Federal and State Requirements

  • The Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs’ Purchase Card Program Did Not Comply With Federal and HHS Requirements

  • West Virginia Lacked Effective Oversight of Its Opioid Response Grants