The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in its latest semiannual report to Congress that it generated $5.56 billion in expected recoveries and savings over a six-month period.
The OIG said in the report, covering the period from October 2025 through March 2026, that the total includes $4.3 billion in investigative receivables, $814.1 million in audit and evaluation receivables, and $447.6 million in potential cost savings.
The report’s glossary defines audit and evaluation receivables as monies that an entity audited by the OIG has agreed should not be charged to the government.
Investigative receivables are amounts ordered or agreed to be repaid to federal or state entities following OIG investigations that resulted in criminal actions, civil and administrative settlements, civil judgments, or administrative actions. The figures do not represent actual collections, it stated….

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in its latest semiannual report to Congress that it generated $5.56 billion in expected recoveries and savings over a six-month period.
The OIG said in the report, covering the period from October 2025 through March 2026, that the total includes $4.3 billion in investigative receivables, $814.1 million in audit and evaluation receivables, and $447.6 million in potential cost savings.
The report’s glossary defines audit and evaluation receivables as monies that an entity audited by the OIG has agreed should not be charged to the government.
Investigative receivables are amounts ordered or agreed to be repaid to federal or state entities following OIG investigations that resulted in criminal actions, civil and administrative settlements, civil judgments, or administrative actions. The figures do not represent actual collections, it stated….