Audit of Railroad Retirement Board's Compliance with Improper Payments Reporting in the Fiscal Year 2019 Performance and Accountability Report

Submitting OIG:

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

Date Issued:

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Railroad Retirement Board

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

20-06

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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Attachment	Size
Audit Report 20-06.pdf	1.04 MB

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
20-06, 1	Open	No
We recommend that the Office of Programs create and submit proposals to Office of Management and Budget during their next budget submission that will bring the agency into compliance. If the Director of Office of Management and Budget determines that additional funding would help the agency become compliant, the agency should obligate an amount of additional funding determined by the Director of Office of Management and Budget to intensify compliance efforts.
20-06, 2	Open	No
We recommend that the Office of Programs update the corrective action plan that was published in the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2018 Performance and Accountability Report to reduce Railroad Medicare improper payments and publish it in the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2020 Performance and Accountability Report.
20-06, 3	Open	No
We recommend that the Office of Programs publish Railroad Medicare overpayment recapture data in the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2020 Performance and Accountability Report.
20-06, 4	Open	No
We recommend that the Bureau of Fiscal Operations perform a reconciliation of Railroad Retirement Act overpayments recapture source data to the Financial Management Integrated System when preparing the payment recapture data worksheet to ensure accurate information is published in the Railroad Retirement Board's Performance and Accountability Report's payment integrity section.
20-06, 5	Open	No
We recommend that the Office of Programs resume payment integrity reporting in the Railroad Retirement Board’s performance and accountability report, as required by applicable improper payment laws, until official approval from Office of Management and Budget is obtained and updated governing documents between the Railroad Retirement Board and the Department of Health and Human Services have been signed to reflect the extended enterprise relationship between the two agencies.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

20-06, 1

Open

We recommend that the Office of Programs create and submit proposals to Office of Management and Budget during their next budget submission that will bring the agency into compliance. If the Director of Office of Management and Budget determines that additional funding would help the agency become compliant, the agency should obligate an amount of additional funding determined by the Director of Office of Management and Budget to intensify compliance efforts.

20-06, 2

Open

We recommend that the Office of Programs update the corrective action plan that was published in the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2018 Performance and Accountability Report to reduce Railroad Medicare improper payments and publish it in the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2020 Performance and Accountability Report.

20-06, 3

Open