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Medical Device Recalls: HHS and FDA Should Address Limitations in Oversight of Recall Process
GAO-26-107619
Dec 12, 2025
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Health and Human Services As HHS undergoes its restructuring efforts, the Secretary should work with FDA to conduct strategic workforce planning to determine the staffing resources, skills, and capacity that FDA needs to effectively process and oversee medical device recalls—including being able to conduct recall audit checks and terminate recalls within agency goals—and develop strategies for addressing any identified workforce gaps. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Health and Human Services As a part of its restructuring efforts, HHS should work with FDA to assess if the agency would benefit from having additional legislative authority that would allow it to require manufacturers to implement agency recommendations for manufacturer-initiated recall strategies. HHS should seek additional authority, if needed. (Recommendation 2)
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Health Insurance: Enhanced Data Matching Could Help Prevent Duplicate Benefits and Yield Substantial Savings
GAO-25-106976
Nov 17, 2025
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3 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator for CMS, in coordination with the health insurance marketplaces, should design a process or modify its current one, including the development of policies and procedures, to help detect and prevent duplicate SSNs being used on multiple qualified health plan policies receiving APTC benefits within a marketplace or across the marketplaces simultaneously. (Recommendation 1)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator for CMS should require that (1) all federally facilitated and state-based marketplaces submit qualified health plan enrollment data, including APTC information to PARIS, or another data-matching system, for interstate matching on a frequently recurring basis, such as quarterly, and (2) federally facilitated and state-based marketplaces resolve matches identified between APTC and CHIP or Medicaid to determine eligibility and terminate coverage, as appropriate. (Recommendation 2)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Administrator for CMS should require that all state Medicaid and CHIP agencies (1) submit all enrollment data to PARIS, or another data-matching system, for interstate matching on a frequently recurring basis, such as quarterly, and (2) review matches to verify Medicaid or CHIP eligibility and terminate coverage, as appropriate. (Recommendation 3)
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Veterans Health Care: Better Communication Needed to Integrate Management of Medical Facility and Community-Based Care
GAO-25-107212
Sep 30, 2025
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Veterans Health Administration The Under Secretary for Health should ensure IVC develops and implements a strategy for conducting clear, direct, and continuous two-way communication with relevant employees—including those at regional networks and medical facilities—and stakeholders as the office continues to evolve and makes changes to its central office organizational structure. (Recommendation 1)
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Military Personnel: More Guidance Could Help Address Service Member Gambling Problems
GAO-25-107700
Sep 22, 2025
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9 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Director of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) establishes a time frame for issuing the implementation guidance for DOD Instruction 1010.04 that defines all roles and responsibilities for gambling disorder prevention, identification, diagnosis, and treatment that are not explicitly assigned. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should establish a time frame to review and update guidance as needed to implement requirements for gambling disorder prevention and identification outlined in DOD Instruction 1010.04, once DHA's implementation guidance is issued. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should establish a time frame to review and update guidance as needed for the Navy and Marine Corps to implement requirements for gambling disorder prevention and identification outlined in DOD Instruction 1010.04, once DHA's implementation guidance is issued. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should establish a time frame to review and update guidance as needed to implement requirements for gambling disorder prevention and identification as outlined in DOD Instruction 1010.04, once DHA's implementation guidance is issued. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness includes in the next revision of DOD Instruction 1015.10 a requirement for the military services to have consistent responsible gaming guidance for their recreational machine programs. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should update the Army's MWR guidance to be consistent with and implement DOD's revision to DOD Instruction 1015.10, once completed, for responsible gaming. (Recommendation 6)
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