Improper Payments: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to Eliminating Waste and Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid

GAO Response to Congress "This letter responds to a May 29, 2009, request for responses to questions for the record related to our April 22, 2009, testimony. Our responses are based on work associated with previously issued GAO reports (see Related GAO Products at the end of this correspondence), data included in HHS’s fiscal year 2008 annual financial report (AFR), and data reported for fiscal year 2008 by CMS. We conducted our work from May 2009 to July 2009 in accordance with all sections of GAO’s Quality Assurance Framework that are relevant to our objectives. The framework requires that we plan and perform the engagement to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to meet our stated objectives and to discuss any limitations in our work. We believe that the information and data obtained, and the analysis conducted, provide a reasonable basis for any findings and conclusions in this product. Your questions, along with our responses, follow." Read Complete Letter: