Children’s Health Insurance: GAO Review of HHS OIG’s SCHIP Studies

March 9, 2006Children's Health Insurance: GAO Review of HHS OIG's SCHIP Studies This communication from the Goverment Accountability Office (GAO) informs Congress about the results and reliability of recent HHS and Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reviews of SCHIP enrollments. The reviews were conducted to determine levels of inappropriately enrollments. Congress has stipulated that children eligible for Medicaid are not eligible for SCHIP. Congress is also interested in determining the success of the SCHIP program in reducing the number of uninsured children. To gauge the SCHIP program progress in meeting this goal, states may use national data . . .