Reports

• 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

  

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

  

• 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 

  

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

  

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

  

• Potential Vulnerabilities in CMS Oversight of Medicare Add-on Payments for COVID-19 Tests Show That Oversight of Incentive Payments Could Be Improved

  

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

  

• Office of Inspector General’s Partnership With the State of Rhode Island, Office of the Auditor General: Medicaid Capitation Paid for Members Residing in Other States

  

• Medicaid Enrollees May Not Be Screened for Intimate Partner Violence Because of Challenges Reported by Primary Care Clinicians

  

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

  

• Florida Ensured That Nursing Homes Complied with Federal Background Check Requirements

  

• West Virginia Lacked Effective Oversight of Its Opioid Response Grants

  

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

  

• Alabama Claimed Federal Medicaid Reimbursement for Millions of Dollars in Targeted Case Management Services That Did Not Comply With Federal and State Requirements

  

• New York Generally Identified and Corrected Duplicate Children’s Health Insurance Plan Payments Made to Managed Care Organizations

  

• Alabama MMIS and E&E System Security Controls Were Adequate, but Some Improvements Are Needed

  

• Missouri May Not Have Used All CARES Act Funds for the Older Americans Act Nutrition Services Program in Accordance With Federal and State Requirements

  

• CMS Could Improve Its Procedures for Setting Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Rates Under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for Future Public Health Emergencies

  

• A Lack of Behavioral Health Providers in Medicare and Medicaid Impedes Enrollees’ Access to Care