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FEMA Should Recover $3 Million of Ineligible Costs And $4.3 Million of Unneeded Funds from the Columbus Regional Hospital

Executive Summary

The Hospital received an award of $110 million from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, a FEMA grantee, for damages caused by severe storms and flooding that occurred May 30, through June 27, 2008. Our objective of the audit was to determine whether the Hospital accounted for and expended FEMA grant funds according to federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus Indiana, (Hospital) generally accounted for FEMA projects on a project-by-project basis as Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines require. However, the Hospital’s claim included ineligible costs.

Report Number
OIG-15-02-D
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Fiscal Year
2015