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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

Audit · Department of Health & Human Services OIG · 2023-07-13 · about Department of Health & Human Services

Report

Title
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
Submitting OIG
Department of Health & Human Services OIG
Component agency
Department of Health & Human Services
Type
Audit
Publication date
2023-07-13

Recommendations (3)

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23-A-02-088.01OpenWe recommend that HRSA recover the $294,294 in improper UIP payments identified in our sample.
23-A-02-088.02OpenWe recommend that HRSA identify additional improper UIP payments for services provided to insured individuals or services unrelated to COVID-19, which we estimate to be $783.6 million, and take remedial action.
23-A-02-088.03OpenWe 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…

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