COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund: HRSA continues to recover remaining payments due from providers : report to congressional committees

COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund: HRSA continues to recover remaining payments due from providers : report to congressional committees

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, September 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
COVID-19
Disaster Planning -- economics
Disaster Planning -- organization & administration
Fraud -- prevention & control
Government Regulation
Health Personnel -- economics
Legislation, Medical
United States
United States. Health Resources and Services Administration
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Why GAO did this study. The PRF was created in March 2020 to provide COVID-19 relief to health care providers and ensure access to essential health care services. Providers included those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The CARES Act includes a provision for GAO to monitor and report on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This report describes (1) PRF payment distributions; and examines (2) efforts to ensure the accuracy of PRF payments, (3) efforts to ensure that PRF payments were used according to program requirements, and (4) the status of efforts to recover PRF payments. GAO analyzed data on PRF payments as of December 2022, by which time nearly all PRF payments had been distributed. GAO analyzed recoveries of PRF payments as of May 2023- the most recent data available at the time of the review. GAO also reviewed information and agency documentation on payment integrity activities, including program reports and risk assessments; interviewed agency officials; and compared payment integrity activities to agency requirements. GAO’s draft report recommended that HRSA establish time frames to promptly recover remaining overpayments, unused payments and payments from all noncompliant providers. In response to the draft report, in August 2023, HRSA provided a time frame for the recovery of these payments. As a result, GAO removed the recommendation and modified the report accordingly.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 31 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918734184806676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734184806676