December 29, 2017 – 8:16 am
(The following was excerpted from a recent article in the Single Audit Information Service.) The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to use information gleaned from its current fraud risk assessments…
September 6, 2016 – 10:49 pm
Now that Labor Day has come and gone and many of us are back from our summer vacations, we can now look forward to September and ask the question, “What’s coming up in the near future for the grants community?”…
August 18, 2016 – 5:03 pm
Scenario: You receive phone call or email from a purported federal employee, congratulating you on winning the grant and asking for your organization’s financial information so that you can pay to activate or qualify for the award…what should you do?
We recently attended a forum on data analytics recently hosted by the Data Coalition. So, what do data analytics have to do with grants? It could mean a lot.
As part of covering grants over the past decade, I can’t tell you how many conference sessions I’ve attended where, in discussing grant applications, the presenter has stressed that applicants should be truthful in presenting themselves and their organization. Don’t…
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Single Audit Information Service.) In fiscal year 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, in response to referrals from Medicaid Fraud Control Units, excluded a greater…
October 4, 2013 – 7:19 am
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service is giving states more authority to halt the fraudulent use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, particularly for excessive…
January 25, 2013 – 7:00 am
(The following was excerpted from an article in the Federal Grants Management Handbook.) The Louisiana State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has developed new procedures to ensure that it submits referral letters of substantiated fraudulent and convicted providers in a timely…
November 16, 2012 – 2:30 pm
One of the disturbingly interesting things I enjoy about my job covering grants management and single audits is those occasional meetings I attend where an auditor or investigator is discussing fraud, complete with examples of recent fraud cases. What really…
September 26, 2012 – 12:45 pm
I’ve seen it on TV shows several times. An official with a federal agency swoops in on the local police force or investigative agency and essentially takes over a major investigation, showing a fair amount of arrogance all the while…
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