Reports

• An Estimated 91 Percent of Nursing Home Staff Nationwide Received the Required COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, and an Estimated 56 Percent of Staff Nationwide Received a Booster Dose

  

• Office of Refugee Resettlement Influx Care Facility and Emergency Intake Sites Did Not Adequately Safeguard Unaccompanied Children From COVID-19

  

• Advisory Opinion 22-13

  

• Inaccuracies in Medicare Race and Ethnicity Data Hinder the Ability To Assess Health Disparities

  

• Maine Implemented Our Prior Audit Recommendations and Generally Complied With Federal and State Requirements for Reporting and Monitoring Critical Incidents

  

• Medicare and Beneficiaries Paid Substantially More to Provider-Based Facilities in Eight Selected States in Calendar Years 2010 Through 2017 Than They Paid to Freestanding Facilities in the Same States for the Same Type of Services

  

• Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Peoples Health Network (Contract H1961) Submitted to CMS

  

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Audit of Outpatient Outlier Payments

  

• Medicare Improperly Paid Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers an Estimated $8 Million of the $40 Million Paid for Power Mobility Device Repairs

  

• Advisory Opinion 22-12

  

• Advisory Opinion 22-11

  

• National Snapshot of State Agency Approaches To Reporting and Locating Children Missing From Foster Care

  

• Washington State Did Not Comply With Federal and State Requirements for Claiming Enhanced Federal Reimbursement for Medicaid Managed-Care Health Home Service Expenditures

  

• Adverse Events in Hospitals: A Quarter of Medicare Patients Experienced Harm in October 2018

  

• 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 2021

  

• Some Medicare Advantage Organization Denials of Prior Authorization Requests Raise Concerns About Beneficiary Access to Medically Necessary Care

  

• National Snapshot of Trends in the National Domestic Violence Hotline Contact Data Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  

• Advisory Opinion 22-09

  

• Advisory Opinion 22-08