Health Law Daily Wrap Up, HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE NEWS—OIG Work Plan updates for August 2026, (Sep 15, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

The HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Work Plan—the list of agency audits, evaluations, and inspections that are planned or underway—is adjusted throughout the year to meet changing agency priorities.

The OIG has issued Work Plan updates for August 2026. The updates include:

• Arizona Did Not Ensure That Selected Medicaid Managed Care Organizations Complied With Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements Related to Prior Authorization

• White Paper: Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Related to Durable Medical Equipment in Medicare

• Health Share of Oregon Did Not Always Comply With Requirements When Denying Prior Authorization Requests

• Audit of New York State’s Compliance with Certain Mental Health Parity Requirements by Select Medicaid Managed Care Organizations in New York State

• Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the First Quarter of 2026

• Kansas’s Compliance With Medicaid Managed Care Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements

• Medicare Home Health Agency Provider Compliance Audit: Deistic Home Health Care, Inc.

• Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 Oversight

• Medicare Improperly Paid Physicians an Estimated $15.7 Million for Sacroiliac Joint Injections

• Audit of Medicare Part D Over-The-Counter Drugs

The Work Plan updates can be viewed on the Recently Added page of the OIG’s website. All Work Plan audits, evaluations, and inspections which are underway or planned can be viewed on the Active Work Plan Items page.

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