Reports

• 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

  

• Maine Did Not Comply With Screening, Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

  

• Seven of Thirty Hospices Reviewed Did Not Comply or May Not Have Complied With Terms and Conditions and Federal Requirements for Provider Relief Fund Payments

  

• National Government Services, Inc., Reopened and Corrected Cost Report Final Settlements With Obvious Errors To Collect Overpayments Made to Medicare Providers

  

• Maine Did Not Comply With Screening, Assessment, and Investigation Requirements for Responding to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect

  

• Not All Selected Hospitals Complied With the Hospital Price Transparency Rule

  

• National Background Check Program for Long-Term Care Providers: A Final Assessment

  

• ASPR Established Adequate Controls for Maintaining Physical Security and Inventory Records at Stockpile Site B

  

• California Used CARES Act Funds for Unallowable Nutrition Services Program Expenditures

  

• Massachusetts Could Better Ensure That Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness

  

• Medicare Advantage Questionable Use of Health Risk Assessments Continues To Drive Up Payments to Plans by Billions

  

• Medicare Part D Paid Millions for Drugs for Which Payment Was Available Under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility Benefit

  

• Massachusetts Could Better Ensure That Nursing Homes Comply With Federal Requirements for Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness, and Infection Control

  

• Review of Medicare Administrative Contractor Information Security Program Evaluations for Fiscal Year 2023