 Daniel R. Levinson
Inspector General
Office of Inspector General
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Daniel R. Levinson has headed the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 2004. As Inspector General, he serves as the chief audit and law enforcement executive for the entire Department, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
His statutory mission as Inspector General is to promote integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the more than 300 programs that make up the Department. He carries out his responsibilities with a staff of 1500 analysts, auditors, attorneys, criminal investigators, and support staff in 8 regional offices and 85 field offices across the United States and Puerto Rico.
Since becoming Inspector General, his office realized in excess of $36.6 billion in fines, savings, recoveries and restitutions to the taxpayers and programs. In addition, more than 760 criminal convictions were obtained, 381 civil actions were resolved, and more than 5,300 exclusions of individuals and entities were imposed for fraud or abuse of Federal health care programs and/or their beneficiaries. These matters implicate the False Claims Act, the anti-kickback statute, and the OIG’s administrative sanctions pursuant to the Civil Monetary Penalties Law, the patient dumping statute and its program exclusion authorities.
Under Levinson’s leadership, the office has also made significant contributions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Departmental programs by recommending actions to address vulnerabilities in several key areas. OIG has focused considerable attention on prescription drug issues, including vulnerabilities in Medicare and Medicaid drug reimbursement calculations, oversight of the 340B drug discount program, and implementation of Medicare Part D. The office has also undertaken audits and evaluations to assess public health and emergency preparedness and response, including a coordinated response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as well as evaluations of efforts to strengthen the nation’s defense against bioterrorism. Medicaid integrity and quality of care are also priorities of the office. OIG has identified and recommended actions to prevent improper and potentially fraudulent payments and has dedicated considerable resources to investigating allegations of patient abuse and neglect in long term care facilities.
Dan Levinson’s career in federal government program oversight and compliance spans four decades. Levinson has served in many Executive positions, including service as General Counsel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Inspector General of the General Services Administration and of the Department of Health and Human Services. Levinson is a member of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and serves on the Human Resources, Legislation and Evaluation and Inspection Committees. He is a lawyer and a certified fraud examiner. Levinson is a graduate of the University of Southern California and the Georgetown University Law Center.
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