...warranted prior to closing out a contract, the contracting officer should request the audit directly from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, Office of Audits (HHSOA). The request should cite the reasons the contracting officer believes an audit...

...nearly 30 per cent. I am pleased that today we will focus on one of the most important areas of all — the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. Hearings conducted by six congressional committees over the last 10 years revealed considerable evidence...

...Administration, the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, the American Medical Peer Review Association, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General, beneficiaries, and health care practitioner and provider representatives. This panel would make a concerted...

...then allowed to meet with or provide additional information to the PRO, before the case is sent to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. For a substantial violation, the provider or practitioner has two opportunxt ies--20 days after receipt...

...has not declined, as evidenced by reports over the past 4 years by the General Accounting Office and the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In 1987 , OIG found that 85 percent of SSA' s clients rated its service as "good" or "very good."...

...then allowed to meet with or provide additional information to the PRO, before the case is sent to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. For a substantial violation, the provider or practitioner has two opportunities — 20 days after receipt...

...conducted by GAO or another federal agency pertaining to this Batter? The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General and the Department of Labor, Office of Labor Racketeering. What were the findings of your investigation?...

...Academy of Sciences, Nov. 1977), pp. 23-24. ''This study was conducted by the Health Data Institute for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General. It found that 21 percent of the 7,050 cases in its random sample of Medicare patients had sufficient...

...that the quality of care in hospitals has deteriorated under PPS. To the contrary, a 1988 study by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General concluded that early fears that PPS was causing a dangerous problem of premature hospital discharge...

...administrative management and health care delivery are closely linked at IHS. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND IHS The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General, which conducted 75 investigations of IHS in the last five years, has exposed serious management problems...