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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for oversight of the United States Department of Health and Human Service 's approximately $2.4 trillion portfolio of programs. Approximately 1,650 auditors, investigators, and evaluators, supplemented by staff with expertise ...
Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...
In the United States, other than in the military departments, the first Office of Inspector General was established by act of Congress in 1976 [1] under the Department of Health and Human Services to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and more than 100 other departmental programs. [2]
The HHS inspector general pulled a random subset of 342 cases from the agency from March and April 2021, a period during which almost 17,000 migrant minors were released to live with sponsors, and ...
Miami ballot measures propose new, more robust inspector general’s office. Catherine Odom. August 7, 2024 at 2:30 AM. Miami Herald File. City of Miami voters will decide this month if they want ...
Website. www.hhs.gov. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
Born. ( 1957-05-04) May 4, 1957 (age 67) Political party. Republican. Education. University of Virginia ( BA, JD) Janet Rehnquist (born May 4, 1957) is a former inspector general (I.G.) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (H.H.S.), a prominent Republican, and the daughter of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Christi A. Grimm was sworn in as the sixth Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 22, 2022, following her nomination by the President and confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Grimm was promoted to the Principal Deputy Inspector General role and began performing the duties of Inspector General in ...