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2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.



Have Fun Bowling and Socializing with Other New Dentists!

Don't Forget to Register!!  OPEN TO ALL NEW DENTISTS!

 

Second Annual New Dentist Bowling Event!

Monday, April 7th 6:30-8:30pm 

BOWLERO WHITE PLAINS
47 Tarrytown Road
White Plains, NY 10607

 

A FREE fun event, enjoy laughs bowling and food and drinks!  Come mingle and meet other 9th District New Dentists!
Please spread the word to other new dentists. 
     

CO-SPONSORED BY

Bota Consulting Group
MLMIC Insurance Company


To Register please email or call HQ 914-747-1199.
We Hope to See You There!!
Lana Hashim, DDS
Chair, New Dentist Committee


Renuka Bijoor, DDS
President
 

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HHS OIG Launches Public Health and Human Services Grants and Contracts Topical Web Page

Dec 10, 2024

Per the notice below, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new Featured Topic Webpage on Public Health and Human Services Grants and Contracts.  Grant and contract dollars must be used for their intended purpose, and recipients must account for costs and justify expenditures.  HHS OIG provides oversight to detect and deter misuse of these funds.

Public Health and Human Service Grants and Contracts

Key Terms

Grant: HHS monies provided to a non-Federal entity, which uses the financial resources to achieve HHS program goals.

Contract: Legal relationship between HHS and a contractor obligating the contractor to furnish supplies or services to HHS and requiring that HHS pay for them.

Through the awarding of grants and contracts, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funds health care and human services throughout the United States.  Each year, HHS awards billions of dollars to grant recipients and contractors to deliver various public health and human services (PHHS) programs.  Award recipients include States, territories, Tribes, community organizations, educational institutions, and for-profit businesses.

For example, grants are used to support:

  • medical research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
  • care provided to children in Head Start programs and foster care.
  • health centers that receive the Health Resources and Services Administration's funding to provide affordable, accessible, and high-quality primary health care to underserved communities.

Contracts are essential to:

  • how the Indian Health Service funds health care provided by Tribes to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
  • the purchase of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's public health supplies.
  • the delivery of high quality, secure, and efficient information technology solutions that enable the Food and Drug Administration to promote and protect public health.

Grant and contract dollars must be used for their intended purpose, and recipients must account for costs and justify expenditures.  The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides oversight to detect and deter misuse of these funds.  Our agency prioritizes work on grant and contract oversight.

Strategic Plan

Grants and contracts progress through a life cycle that includes four major stages: pre-award, award, post-award, and closeout.

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OIG has identified unique risks and vulnerabilities within each stage, so robust oversight during the life cycle is necessary to support awardees' compliance with award requirements; achievement of program outcomes; and prevention of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.  Safeguarding the integrity of grants and contracts remains a significant challenge for HHS and is a priority area for OIG oversight.  To address risks associated with these funding sources, OIG developed a strategic plan to oversee a broad and diverse portfolio of more than 100 PHHS programs supported by grants and contracts.  The strategic plan includes three goals:

  1. Strengthen compliance with requirements throughout the grants and contracts life cycle.
  2. Promote award practices that achieve program outcomes.
  3. Enhance public trust in HHS awards by mitigating fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of grants and contracts.

Read the Strategic Plan

Resources*

 

Audits

The Office of Audit Services conducts independent audits of HHS programs and/or HHS grantees and contractors.  These audits examine the performance of HHS programs and/or grantees in carrying out their responsibilities and provide independent assessments of HHS programs and operations.  These reports also help reduce waste, abuse, and mismanagement and promote economy and efficiency throughout HHS.

Evaluations and Inspections

The Office of Evaluation and Inspections conducts national evaluations of HHS programs from a broad, issue-based perspective.  The evaluations focus on preventing fraud, waste or abuse in HHS programs and improving their efficiency and effectiveness.

Recommendations

To drive positive change, many OIG reports identify recommendations for improvement.  Find a report's recommendations and the status of their implementation on the Recommendations Tracker.

 

OIG works with Government partners to investigate allegations of fraud involving grants and contracts.

Grant Fraud Webpage     Contract Fraud Webpage     Grant and Contractor Fraud Self-Disclosures

 

OIG annually identifies top management and performance challenges HHS faces as it strives to fulfill its mission.  View challenges regarding grants and contracts below.

 

OIG personnel testify before Congress in oversight hearings. Below are links to selected hearings related to HHS grants and contracts.

 

*Many contracts awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are related to managed care agreements.  This page does not list resources related to Medicare Advantage or Medicaid managed care.  Those resources (including reports, fraud enforcement updates, Congressional testimony, and speeches) can be found at the Managed Care featured topic page.


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