# HHSOIG - A-02-21-01013 - 23-A-02-088.03
> **Open** recommendation · 2023-07-13
**Report:** HRSA Made COVID-19 Uninsured Program Payments to Providers on Behalf of Individuals Who Had Health Insurance Coverage and for Services Unrelated to COVID-19 ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/38791))
**OIG report number:** A-02-21-01013
**Recommendation number:** 23-A-02-088.03
## Text
We recommend that HRSA commit to strengthening its procedures that may apply to future programs of a similar nature to expand insurance verifications using additional data fields on each patient for whom an SSN is not submitted as part of a prepayment check or postpayment review process to identify potential exact matches for health insurance coverage, ensure data sources used to verify health insurance coverage are reliable, and develop in a timely manner an assessment strategy to ensure claims are appropriately reimbursed to providers.
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