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.
- Section I: Risk Assessments
- Section II: Statistical Sampling Process
- Section III: Corrective Action Plans
- Section IV: Program Improper Payment Reporting
- Section V: Recovery Auditing Reporting
- Section VI: Actions to Reduce and Recover Improper Payments
- Section VII: Agency Information Systems and Other Infrastructure
- Section VIII: Statutory or Regulatory Barriers
- Section IX: Overall Agency Efforts
Report Date: November 15, 2007