The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan describes audits, reviews and other work statutorily required or otherwise undertaken by the OIG. Monthly updates to the OIG Work Plan can be found on the Recently Added page. All current Work Plan items are available on the Active Work Plan Items page.

Five new items were added to the OIG Work Plan in December 2019:

Announced Agency Title Component Report Number(s)
December 2019 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Technology Use in Emergency Response: Experiences From Recent California Wildfires Office of Evaluation and Inspections OEI-09-19-00540
December 2019 Administration for Children and Families Emergency Preparedness and Response at Care Provider Facilities in the Office of Refugee Resettlement's Unaccompanied Alien Children Program Office of Audit Services W-00-20-20021
December 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Audit of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Cybersecurity Controls Over the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Office of Audit Services W-00-20-42026
December 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Background Check Program for Long-Term-Care Providers: Assessment of State Programs Concluded in 2019 Office of Evaluation and Inspections OEI-07-20-00180
December 2019 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Post-Award State or Tribal Audits of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Opioid Response Grants Office of Audit Services W-00-20-59441

Health care and life sciences companies potentially impacted by these OIG Work Plan items should evaluate the items carefully. These items should be considered when conducting a corporate risk mitigation assessment or other compliance enhancements.

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