Reports

• 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

  

• CGS Administrators, LLC, Did Not Reopen and Recalculate Most Selected Hospices’ Caps for Years Prior to 2020

  

• The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network IT System’s Cybersecurity Controls Were Partially Effective and Improvements Are Needed

  

• Nonprofit and Government-Owned Nursing Homes Generally Complied With Federal Requirements Regarding the Infection Preventionist Position

  

• Texas Generally Claimed Medicaid Reimbursement for Fee-for-Service Inpatient Hospital Claims With Malnutrition Diagnosis Codes in Accordance with Federal and State Requirements

  

• Selected Home Health Agencies Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Provider Relief Fund Payments

  

• Puerto Rico Did Not Designate a Medicaid Contracts Oversight Lead in a Timely Manner and Certified Contracts That Were Noncompliant

  

• CDC’s and SAMHSA’s Processes for and Challenges With Compiling Data for the National Drug Control Assessment

  

• The Office for Civil Rights Should Enhance Its HIPAA Audit Program to Enforce HIPAA Requirements and Improve the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information

  

• Review of the Department of Health and Human Services Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 for Fiscal Year 2024

  

• Medicare Improperly Paid Acute-Care Hospitals an Estimated $190 Million Over 5 Years for Outpatient Services Provided to Hospice Enrollees

  

• Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the Second Quarter of 2024

  

• Washington State’s Oversight Could Better Ensure That Adult Family Homes Comply With Health and Safety and Administrative Requirements

  

• Utah Generally Operated Its Medicaid Estate Recovery Program in Accordance With Requirements and in a Cost Effective Manner, but Utah Did Not Have Formal Written Procedures