Office of the Inspector General

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office of inspector general oversight agency

The Office of the Inspector General is an independent oversight office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for preventing and detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in the department’s programs and operations.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	48	0
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General	0	1
HHS OIG	0	1
OIG Work Plan	0	1
Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	0	1
Office of Investigations, HHS OIG	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	office of inspector general → oversight agency →
activity	conducts audits of HHS programs and grantees → conducts investigations of alleged fraud and abuse → imposes civil monetary penalties and assessments → issues evaluations and inspections of HHS programs → provides legal and compliance guidance to health care industry →
collaboratesWith	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services → Federal Bureau of Investigation → United States Department of Justice → surface form: U.S. Department of Justice state Medicaid Fraud Control Units →
country	United States of America →
focusArea	health care fraud enforcement →
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States federal government →
hasDivision	Office of Audit Services, HHS OIG → Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS OIG → Office of Evaluation and Inspections, HHS OIG → Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs → surface form: Office of Investigations, HHS OIG Office of Management and Policy → surface form: Office of Management and Policy, HHS OIG
hasHead	Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
jurisdiction	federal programs of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services →
legalBasis	Inspector General Act of 1978 → surface form: Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 Inspector General Act of 1978 → surface form: Inspector General Act of 1976
mandate	detect abuse in HHS programs → detect fraud in HHS programs → detect waste in HHS programs → prevent abuse in HHS programs → prevent fraud in HHS programs → prevent waste in HHS programs → promote economy in HHS operations → promote effectiveness in HHS operations → promote efficiency in HHS operations →
organizationalType	independent oversight office within an executive department →
oversightArea	Children's Health Insurance Program → surface form: Children’s Health Insurance Program Medicaid → Medicare → public health and human services programs administered by HHS →
parentOrganization	United States Department of Health and Human Services →
power	excludes individuals and entities from participation in federal health care programs →
publishes	Advisory Opinions → Compliance Program Guidance → Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs → surface form: OIG Work Plan Special Fraud Alerts →
reportsTo	United States Secretary of Health and Human Services → surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services United States Congress →
sector	public sector →
shortName	Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs → surface form: HHS OIG

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fraud Section → collaboratesWith → Office of the Inspector General →

this entity surface form: Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act → enforcedBy → Office of the Inspector General →

this entity surface form: Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office of the Inspector General → hasDivision → Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs →

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

this entity surface form: Office of Investigations, HHS OIG

United States Department of Health and Human Services → hasPart → Office of the Inspector General →

Office of the Inspector General → publishes → Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs →

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

this entity surface form: OIG Work Plan

Office of the Inspector General → shortName → Office of the Inspector General self-linksurface differs →

subject surface form: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

this entity surface form: HHS OIG