Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Work Plan Fiscal Year 2002

November 2001

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan is set forth in four chapters encompassing the various projects to be addressed during Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 by the Office of Audit Services, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, Office of Investigations, and Office of Counsel to the Inspector General. The first three chapters present the full range of projects planned in each of the major entities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration), the public health agencies, and the Administrations for Children, Families, and Aging. The fourth chapter embraces those projects related to issues that cut across Department programs, including State and local government use of Federal funds, as well as the functional areas of the Office of the Secretary.

In preparing this edition of the OIG Work Plan, we have provided a brief description of the various project areas that we perceive as critical to the mission of the OIG and the Department. Unless otherwise noted, reports on all projects are expected to be issued in FY 2002. However, as the work planning process tends to be ongoing and dynamic, the focus and timing of many of these projects can evolve in response to new information, new issues, and shifting priorities of the Congress, the President, and the Secretary and may be altered over time.