Reports

• How FDA Used Its Accelerated Approval Pathway Raised Concerns in 3 of 24 Drugs Reviewed

  

• Medicare Could Save Billions With Comparable Access for Enrollees if Critical Access Hospital Payments for Swing-Bed Services Were Similar to Those of the Fee-for-Service Prospective Payment System

  

• Florida Did Not Comply With Federal Waiver and State Requirements at 18 of 20 Adult Day Care Facilities Reviewed

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes Blue Care Network of Michigan (Contract H5883) Submitted to CMS

  

• Medicare Could Save Billions With Comparable Access for Enrollees if Critical Access Hospital Payments for Swing-Bed Services Were Similar to Those of the Fee-for-Service Prospective Payment System

  

• Florida Did Not Comply With Federal Waiver and State Requirements at 18 of 20 Adult Day Care Facilities Reviewed

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That UCare Minnesota (Contract H2459) Submitted to CMS

  

• ICAP at Columbia University Generally Managed Its PEPFAR Expenditures Appropriately but Lacked a Robust Financial Management System

  

• Total Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Decreased in 2023, Driven in Part by Less Spending on COVID-19 Tests

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Triple-S Advantage, Inc., (Contract H5774) Submitted to CMS

  

• Medicare Home Health Agency Provider Compliance Audit: Bridge Home Health

  

• Some HHS Requirements for Vetting Mobile Apps Were Not Followed Prior to the Release of the AHRQ Question Builder App

  

• Providers Used Medicare Part D Eligibility Verification Transactions for Permissible Purposes

  

• Some Selected Skilled Nursing Facilities Did Not Comply With Medicare Requirements for Reporting Related-Party Costs

  

• Medicaid Gross Spending on 10 Selected Diabetes and 2 Selected Weight Loss Drugs Totaled More Than $9 Billion in 2023, an Increase of 540 Percent From 2019

  

• Indiana Made at Least $56 Million in Improper Fee-for-Service Medicaid Payments for Applied Behavior Analysis Provided to Children Diagnosed With Autism

  

• Twelve Selected States Did Not Accurately Calculate the Federal Share of Medicaid Collections Subject to the Increased COVID-19 Federal Medical Assistance Percentages

  

• Summary Report of Prior Office of Inspector General Cyber Threat Hunt Audits of Eight HHS Operating Division Networks

  

• Update Xolair Prefilled Syringes Likely Meet Part B Coverage Criteria

  

• Staffing Shortages Limited IHS’s Capacity To Effectively Administer Much-Needed Sanitation Projects Funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act