Illinois Medicaid Mess : Illinois Did Not Report All Medicaid Overpayments In Accordance With Federal Requirements | April 2012

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services did not report all Medicaid overpayments totaling $324,100 ($165,000 Federal share) in accordance with Federal requirements during the period August 1, 2007, through July 31, 2009.

Below is the copy of letter from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG)
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
OFFICE OF AUDIT SERVICES, REGION V 233 NORTH MICHIGAN, SUITE 1360 CHICAGO, IL 60601
April 13, 2012
Report Number: A-05-11-00044

Ms. Julie Hamos Director Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Prescott E. Bloom Building 201 South Grand Avenue East, 3rd Floor Springfield, IL 62763

Dear Ms. Hamos:

Enclosed is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), final report entitled Illinois Did Not Report All Medicaid Overpayments In Accordance With Federal Requirements. We will forward a copy of this report to the HHS action official noted on the following page for review and any action deemed necessary.

The HHS action official will make final determination as to actions taken on all matters reported. We request that you respond to this official within 30 days from the date of this letter. Your response should present any comments or additional information that you believe may have a bearing on the final determination.

Section 8L of the Inspector General Act, 5 U.S.C. App., requires that OIG post its publicly available reports on the OIG Web site. Accordingly, this report will be posted at http://oig.hhs.gov.

If you have any questions or comments about this report, please do not hesitate to call me, or contact Lynn Barker, Audit Manager, at (317) 226-7833, extension 21, or through email at Lynn.Barker@oig.hhs.gov. Please refer to report number A-05-11-00044 in all correspondence.

Sincerely,
/Sheri L. Fulcher/ Regional Inspector General for Audit Services

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For the Full Report (15 pages) from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) visit:
http://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/51100044.pdf