Audit of Office of Inspector General Excluded Providers in Georgia, A-04-01-01004

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Office of Inspector General Office of Audit Services * ‘0 c’c,G Yi!? REGION IV ++Na JAN I 5 2002 Room 3T41 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. UN: A-04-01-01004 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909 Mr. Gary Redding, Commissioner Georgia Department of Community Health Division of Medical Assistance 2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 40’h Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3 159 Dear Mr. Redding: Enclosed are two copies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Audit Services’ (OAS) final report entitled, Audit ofthe Ofjice of Inspector General Excluded Providers in Georgia. Final determination as to actions taken on all matters reported will be made by the HHS action official named below. We request that you respond to the HHS action official within 30 days from the date of this letter. Your response should present any comments or additional information that you believe may have a bearing on the final detemnnation. In accordance with the principles of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 United States Code 552, as amended by Public Law 104-23 1, OIG, OAS reports are made available to members of the public to the extent information contained therein is not subject to exemptions in the Act. (See 45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 5.) As such, within 10 business days after this final report is issued, it will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/oig. To facilitate ...