Reports

• Washington State Did Not Ensure That Selected Nursing Homes Complied With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

  

• The National Institutes of Health Administered Superfund Appropriations During Fiscal Year 2022 in Accordance With Federal Requirements

  

• Louisiana Should Improve Its Oversight of Nursing Homes Compliance With Requirements That Prohibit Employment of Individuals With Disqualifying Background Checks

  

• Pennsylvania Implemented Our Prior Audit Recommendations for Critical Incidents Involving Medicaid Enrollees With Developmental Disabilities but Should Continue To Take Action To Reduce Unreported Incidents

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That SelectCare of Texas, Inc. (Contract H4506), Submitted to CMS

  

• Multiple States Made Medicaid Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations After Enrollees Deaths

  

• Early Alert: Part B Payment Amount for Tezspire Included a Noncovered Self-Administered Version in 2023

  

• The Risk of Misuse and Diversion of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Medicare Part D Continues to Appear Low: 2022

  

• Review of Medicare Administrative Contractor Information Security Program Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2022

  

• Some of Californias Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Expenditures for Los Angeles County Did Not Comply With Federal and State Requirements

  

• Kentucky Experienced Challenges in Meeting Federal and State Foster Care Program Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  

• 2023 Top Management & Performance Challenges Facing HHS

  

• Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the Second Quarter of 2023

  

• The Food and Drug Administration Needs To Improve the Premarket Tobacco Application Review Process for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems To Protect Public Health

  

• CMS Can Do More To Leverage Medicare Claims Data To Identify Unreported Incidents of Potential Abuse or Neglect

  

• General Compliance Program Guidance

  

• Congressional Mandate: Part B Payment Amounts for Two Drugs Included Noncovered Self Administered Versions in 2022

  

• Noridian Healthcare Solutions Reopened and Corrected Cost Report Final Settlements To Collect $11 Million in Net Overpayments That Had Been Made to Medicare Providers

  

• HHSs Oversight of Automatic Provider Relief Fund Payments Was Generally Effective but Improvements Could Be Made

  

• South Dakota MMIS and E&E System Security Controls Were Partially Effective and Improvements Are Needed