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href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/cmhc.asp">Fighting Fraud at Community Mental Health Centers</a> <br/><em>Lethal Weapon. Tootsie. Ghostbusters. Batman.</em> You may think these are great movies—some might argue they're classics—but do they qualify as psychotherapy? </dd> <dt>08-01-2013</dt><img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/bargain-thumb.png" alt="Pill bottle containing money" width="100"> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/bargain.asp">Bad Bargains for Federal Health Programs</a><br/>In a time of budget-cutting and fiscal crises, it's more important than ever to be sure that Federal money is put to good use. Yet according to a 2012 Institute of Medicine report, 30% of all U.S. health spending is wasted. </dd> <dt>06-24-2013</dt><img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/diversion-thumb.png" alt="Spilled pills" width="100"> <dd>Drug Diversion<br/> <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/diversion.asp">Spotlight</a> | <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/podcasts/reports.asp#diversion">Podcast</a><br/> It is becoming so pervasive that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has formally labeled it an "epidemic." It is one of our nation's fastest growing public health problems, and it takes a hefty toll on individuals, families, taxpayers, and society. What is the crisis? Prescription drug abuse. </dd> <dt>02-28-2013</dt><img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/snf-thumb.jpg" alt="The profile of an elderly woman in thought" width="100"> <dd>Skilled Nursing Facilities<br/> <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/snf.asp">Spotlight</a> | <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/podcasts/reports.asp#snf2013">Podcast</a><br/> Consider this scenario: a patient with a bedsore is admitted into a nursing facility. During her stay, she develops three more bedsores. The facility fails to track and treat each wound properly, further complicating and prolonging her healing. Unfortunately, it is not hypothetical - OIG found this and many other examples of substandard care while conducting <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-09-00201.asp">a recent review of skilled nursing facilities</a> (SNF [pronounced "sniff"]). </dd> <dt>02-04-2013</dt><img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/grants.jpg" alt="A calculator, pen, laptop, and spreadsheet" width="100"> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2013/grants.asp">Grants Management and Oversight</a><br/> Did you know that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the largest grant-making organization in the Federal Government? In fiscal year (FY) 2011 alone, HHS awarded over 82,000 grants totaling approximately $385 billion.</dd> <dt>11-15-2012</dt> <dd>Personal Care Services: Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Recommendations for Improvement<br/> <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2012/portfolio01.asp">Spotlight</a> | <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/podcasts/reports.asp#portfolio">Podcast</a><br/> <img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2012/portfolio01-spotlight.jpg" alt="Nurse caring for elderly man" width="100"> Though bathing, light housework, or meal preparation may not be readily associated with the Medicaid program, these types of services - called personal care services (PCS) - allow many elderly people and those with disabilities or chronic or temporary conditions to remain in their homes and maintain basic quality of life.</dd> <dt>07-20-2012</dt><img class="r" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2012/adverse.jpg" alt="A person in a hospital bed" width="100"> <dd>Adverse Events in Hospitals<br/><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2012/adverse.asp">Spotlight</a> | <a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/podcasts/reports.asp#adverse">Podcast</a><br/> Patients admitted to the hospital generally expect that the medical care they receive will improve their health, not worsen it. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case.</dd> <dt>12-14-2011</dt> <img class="r" width="100" style="margin-top:-5px" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/machete-sm.jpg" alt="A machete found near a playground"/> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2011/headstart.asp">Head Start Health and Safety</a><br/> Poison ivy, a gas-powered hedge trimmer, toxic chemicals, rusty nails, a machete... What do all of these items have in common? OIG auditors found them all in reach of children at Head Start locations. </dd> <dt>11-07-2011<img class="r" width="100" style="margin-top:-5px" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/rebates.jpg" alt="Pill bottles containing money and pills"/></dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2011/rebates.asp">Medicare and Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebates </a><br/> Did you know that the net amount Medicare Part D sponsors pay for the top 100 brand-name drugs is substantially higher than what Medicaid pays? </dd> <dt>10-28-2011<img class="r" width="100" style="margin-top:2px;clear:both;" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/ihs.jpg" alt="Indian Health Services"/></dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2011/ihs.asp">Indian Health Services</a><br/> Nearly 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives are beneficiaries of health care services provided by the Indian Health Service, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.</dd> <dt>09-07-2011<img class="r" width="100" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/idtf.jpg" alt="Empty warehouse"/></dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/2011/idtf.asp">Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities</a><br/> How can medical facilities bill Medicare for services on the day when OIG evaluators visited their location and discovered they're closed or don't<br/>even exist?</dd> <dt>07-19-2011<img class="r" width="100" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/hospice.jpg" alt="Woman in hospital bed"/></dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2011/hospice.asp">Hospice Care Claim Problems</a><br/> Hospice care is an important and personal service for terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries, yet it doesn't escape the problems of fraud, waste, and abuse.<br/></dd> <dt>07-13-2011</dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2011/wheelchair-medicare.asp">Power Wheelchairs</a><img class="r" width="100" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/wheelchairs.jpg" alt="Agents confiscating wheelchair"/><br/> Medicare spent $95 million on claims for power wheelchairs that were either medically unnecessary or lacked sufficient documentation to determine medical necessity during the first half of 2007. A series of OIG reports examines Medicare power wheelchair claims.<br/></dd> <dt>06-07-2011<img class="r" width="100" src="/web/20140716023209im_/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/spotlight/images/personalcare.jpg" alt="Doctor speaking with patients"/></dt> <dd><a href="/web/20140716023209/http://oig.hhs.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2011/personal_care_services.asp">Medicaid Personal Care Services</a><br/> Are taxpayers footing the bill for improper Medicaid claims for personal care services? 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