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Medical Devices: FDA Should Strengthen Policies Guiding Audits of Third Party Review Organizations
GAO-26-108499
Sep 21, 2026
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Food and Drug Administration The FDA Commissioner should update the agency's policies for the Third Party Review Program audit process to include existing criteria for selecting third parties for audits; reflect current post-audit practices; and target time frames for completing audits and communicating findings to Third Party Review Organizations. (Recommendation 1)
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Medicaid: Improved Oversight Needed of State Eligibility Error Corrective Action Plans
GAO-26-108017
Sep 17, 2026
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should ensure that states' PERM CAPs include all required elements before accepting them. (Recommendation 1)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator of CMS should systematically analyze PERM and MEQC eligibility error results and associated corrective actions across states and across reporting years to assess the effectiveness of those corrective actions and use that information to help states reduce eligibility errors. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Defense Health Care: DOD Should Assess Its Needs for Managing Potential Brain Health Effects from Weapons Blast Exposures
GAO-26-107829
Aug 18, 2026
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the completion of a comprehensive assessment of the resources needed to implement the cognitive assessment requirements, inclusive of an evaluation of the new pilot to assess its effectiveness and the extent to which it addresses components' resource needs. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the completion of a comprehensive resource assessment to support the needs of relevant DOD components for industrial hygiene staff to implement the blast overpressure tracking requirements. (Recommendation 2)
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National Alzheimer’s Project: HHS Needs to Better Assess and Communicate Progress
GAO-26-108498
Jun 29, 2026
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should provide the Advisory Council with information on the implementation status of individual recommendations the council has made to federal agencies, including information on the actions taken to address them. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should set near-term goals for each long-term goal of the National Alzheimer's Project, that comprise performance measures, quantitative target levels of performance, and time frames by which results are to be achieved. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should collect performance information for the National Alzheimer's Project and use it to assess progress toward near- and long-term goals of the project, and inform management decisions to adjust efforts, as appropriate. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Health and Human Services The Secretary of Health and Human Services should communicate project progress to National Alzheimer's Project stakeholders in a clear, digestible format. (Recommendation 4)
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