Department Of Health & Human Services Office Of The Inspector General Work Plan For Fiscal Year 2014

The workplan for fiscal year 2014 was released on January 31, 2014. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services reported its invesigation projects for the year. Among them, the OIG is examining hospital executive salaries to determine the potential impact on the Medicare Trust Fund if limits were imposed on the amount of employee compensation that could be submitted to Medicare for reimbursement on future cost reports. Medicare does not currently provide any specific limits on the salary amounts that can be reported on the hospital cost report. The OIG report . . .