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Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
Federal agency
What it does
The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, as well as the health and welfare of the beneficiaries of those programs. OIG has a responsibility to report both to the Secretary and to the Congress program and management problems and recommendations to correct them. OIG's duties are carried out through a nationwide network of audits, investigations, evaluations and other mission related functions performed by OIG components.
Where it sits
A component of Health and Human Services Department.
Recent actions
Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Request for Information Regarding the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP
Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to the Office of Inspector General's Exclusion Authorities
Solicitation of Proposals for New and Modified Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
Performance Standards for Medicaid Fraud Control Units
Action to Delay Effective Date Consistent With Congressionally Enacted Moratorium
Solicitation of Proposals for New and Modified Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts
Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements: Fraud and Abuse; Information Blocking; Office of Inspector General's Civil Money Penalty Rules
Solicitation of New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts