Audit of Graduate Medical Education Reimbursements Claimed by the Methodist Hospital for FY 1999, A

~. \I&YIC"" DEPARTMENT OF HEALm & HUMAN SERVICES General Office of InspectorOffice of Audit Services (J 1100 Commerce, Room 686 Dallas, TX 75242-1027 June5, 2002 CommonIdentificationNumberA-06-02-00018 Mr. EdwardL. Tyrrell, Vice President MethodistHealthcareSystems 6565Fannin,M.S. MT 709 Houston,Texas77030-2707 DearMr. Tyrrell: Enclosedaretwo copiesof theU.S.Department of HealthandHumanServices(HHS), Office of InspectorGeneral(OIG), Office of Audit Services'(OAS) reportentitled "Audit of Gradua!e MedicalEducationReimbursements Claimedby theMethodist HospitalFor FiscalYear 1999." A copyof this reportwill be forwardedto theaction official notedbelow for review andanyactiondeemednecessary. Final determination asto actionstakenon all mattersreportedwill bemadeby theHHS actionofficial namedbelow. We requestthatyou respondto theHHS actionofficial within 30 daysfrom thedateof this letter. Your response shouldpresentanycomments or additionalinformationthatyoubelievemayhaveabearingon the final determination. In accordance with theprinciplesof theFreedomof InformationAct (5 V.S.C. 552,as amended by Public Law 104-231),OIG, OASreportsissuedto theDepartment'sgrantees andcontractors aremadeavailableto members of thepressandgeneralpublic to the extentinformationcontainedthereinis not subjectto exemptionsin theAct which the Department chooses to exercise.(See45 CFRPart5.) To facilitateidentification,pleasereferto CommonIdentificationNumber A-O6-02-00018 in all ...