Improper Payments Information Risk Assessments

Instructions:

I. Describe the risk assessment(s), performed subsequent to completing its full program inventory. List the risk-susceptible programs (i.e., programs that have a significant risk of improper payments based on OMB guidance thresholds) identified through its risk assessments. Be sure to include the programs previously identified in the former Section 57 of OMB Circular A-11 (now located in Circular A-123, Appendix C).

Risk assessments were last completed in FY 2006 using a model developed by the Department. HHS did not identify any new high-risk programs in its FY 2006 risk assessment work. OMB Circular A-123 Appendix C requires risk assessments once every three years. As a result, HHS did not perform risk assessments during FY 2007.

Seven HHS programs are identified as high-risk programs in OMB Circular A-123, Appendix C. These seven programs are:

Medicare,
Medicaid,
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP),
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
Foster Care,
Head Start, and
the Child Care Development Fund.

The sections below contain information on HHS activities related to estimating and reducing improper payments in these programs. HHS anticipates reporting error rates for all seven high-risk programs in FY 2008.

Report Date: November 15, 2007

Improper Payments Information Risk Assessments

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