OIG Semiannual Report
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has posted its Semiannual Report to Congress for October 1, 2008–March 31, 2009. The OIG’s expected recoveries for this period include $274.8 million in audit-related receivables and $2.2 billion in investigative-related receivables (which includes nearly $552 million in non-HHS receivables resulting from OIG work, such as states’ share of Medicaid restitution). Also during this period, the OIG reported exclusions of 1,415 individuals and organizations for fraud or abuse involving federal health care programs and/or their beneficiaries; 293 criminal actions involving crimes against HHS programs; and 243 civil actions, including False Claims Act and unjust enrichment suits, CMP Law settlements, and administrative recoveries related to provider self-disclosure matters.
