U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Met Many Requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 But Was Not Fully Compliant.

摘要

To improve accountability of Federal agencies administration of funds, the IPIA requires agencies, including the Department, to annually report to the President and Congress on the agencies improper payments. An improper payment is any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount (either overpayments or underpayments). As required by OMB, agencies must comply in seven key areas, which are (1) publishing an AFR and posting it on the agency Web site, (2) conducting a program-specific risk assessment, (3) developing improper payment estimates for programs and activities identified as risk susceptible, (4) publishing corrective action plans, (5) establishing annual reduction targets for those risk-susceptible programs, (6) reporting gross improper payment rates of less than 10 percent, and (7) reporting on its efforts to recapture improper payments. In addition to assessing compliance with the IPIA, OMB Circular A-123 states that the OIG should evaluate the accuracy and completeness of agency reporting, as well as its performance in reducing and recapturing improper payments.