Follow-Up Audit of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program in Alaska, A-09-08 -00051

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Office of Inspector General Region IX Office of Audit Services h 90 - i Street, Suite 3-650 San Francisco, CA 94103 JA!I 2 2 2009 Report Number: A-09-08-00051 Mr. William Streur Deputy Commissioner Department of Health and Social Services Division ofHealth Care Services 4501 Business Park Boulevard Anchorage, Alaska 99503-7167 Dear Mr. Streur: Enclosed is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office ofInspector General (OIG), final report entitled "Follow-Up Audit ofthe Medicaid Drug Rebate Program in Alaska." We will forward a copy of this report to the HHS action official noted on the following page for review and any action deemed necessary. The HHS action official will make final detennination as to actions taken on all matters reported. We request that you respond to this official within 30 days from the date ofthis letter. Your response should present any comments or additional infonnation that you believe may have a bearing on the final detennination. Pursuant to the principles ofthe Freedom ofInfonnation Act, 5 U.S.c. § 552, as amended by Public Law 104-231, OIG reports generally are made available to the public to the extent the infonnation is not subject to exemptions in the Act (45 CFR part 5). Accordingly, this report will be posted on the Internet at http://oig.hhs.gov. If you have any questions or comments about this report, please do not hesitate to call me at (415) ...