BPI intake unit helps increase identified recoveries

In effort to streamline and make investigative processes more efficient, the OIG’s Benefits Program Integrity Division has a designated intake unit to screen, prioritize and validate referrals.

The intake unit includes teams of specialized investigators who process referrals created from external sources and data matches. Data matches are a type of referral produced from automated comparisons of client data sets.

This quarter, BPI processed 15,544 referrals and 6,136 matches. In the past, every BPI investigator was required to screen referrals to verify if sufficient and appropriate evidence existed to begin an official investigation. As a result of the preliminary validation performed by the intake unit, identified recoveries have increased by $7,158,787 from last fiscal year. For more information, read our latest quarterly report.