Episode 182: Is HHS Spending Better? Gus Chiarello on Using Audit Data to Stop Fraud

How can we be better stewards of taxpayer dollars? This week, Robert and Adam unpack this question with Gus Chiarello, Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources and CFO at HHS as he details his initiative to use information from the Single Audit Act to prevent improper payments and save taxpayer funds. Plus, a case study in Arizona and an inside look into technology’s role in reform.  

Thank you Allocore for sponsoring! 

Show Notes: 

• Allocore.com 

• CBS News: Daylight Savings Time 

• FNN: DoD’s reasons for CMMC pause falling apart in face of RFI responses 

• GSA: GSA Launches Sweeping Fraud Audit of Nearly 700 Federal Contractors in Collaboration with Small Business Administration 

• SBA: SBA Refers Nearly 700 Noncompliant 8(a) Firms to GSA to Conduct Contract Audits 

• Nextgov/FCW: DHS personnel leak exposes contact details and sensitive job information 

• YouTube: I’ll alert the media 

• USASpending: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)   

• ExecutiveGOV: Gustav Chiarello Confirmed as HHS Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources 

• HHS: HHS Cracks Down on Years of Unchecked Audit Findings 

• HHS: HHS Single Audit resolution Division 

• Congress.gov: Single Audit Act of 1984 

• CBS News: How a viral video prompted investigations into alleged fraud at day care centers in Minnesota 

• HHS OIG: Minnesota Could Better Ensure That Childcare Assistance Providers Comply With Attendance Requirements 

• CBS News: Records reveal Minnesota's long history with day care fraud warnings 

• George W. Bush White House Archives: Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations 

• AHCCCS: Sober Living Fraud Response 

• Propublica: Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response 

• Arizona Auditor General: 2024 Single Audit Report 

• Arizona Auditor General: 2023 Single Audit Report 

• Arizona Legislature: HHS Assistant Secretary to Testify at JLAC Hearing on Arizona’s Delinquent Single Audit 

• White House: Fraud Leger 

• EPA: GHGRP and the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks 

• Peter G. Peterson Foundation: Almost 25% of Healthcare Spending is Considered Wasteful. Here’s Why. 

• HHS OIG: 2026 Semiannual Report to Congress 

What’s on the GovNavigators’ radar? 

November 3 

• Election day 

November 6 

• GovCIO AI Summit, Tysons, VA 

November 8 

• NAPA National Conference, Washington, D.C.