What is the Kansas Health Policy Authority Office of Inspector General?
The Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) was created in 2007 by the Kansas Legislature as an independent oversight body. The KHPA OIG is the first statutorily-created Office of Inspector General in the state of Kansas. The OIG enabling legislation can be found in Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.) 75-7427. In general, the OIG’s function is to review and help improve KHPA programs and operations and to investigate, identify and deter fraud, waste, abuse and other illegal acts in the State Medicaid Program, the State MediKan Program and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (HealthWave).
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