OIG Reports Nearly $3 Billion in Recoveries for HHS Programs in First Half of FY 2007
In its Semiannual Report to Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General says it expects nearly $3 billion in recoveries for Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health and human services programs for the first half of fiscal year 2007. The recoveries are the result of OIG audits ($1.5 billion) and investigations ($1.4 billion). The OIG says additional recoveries to states and other federal agencies result from investigations with which it was involved between Oct. 1, 2006, and March 31, 2007. Highlights include a settlement agreement with Tenet Healthcare Corp. for $900 million and Omnicare Inc. for $49.5 million. The report is available at http://www.oig.hhs.gov/publications/docs/semiannual/2007/SemiannualFirstHalf07.pdf