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725 Chapter 3:Processes and procedures • Section 5: Program integrity (07/2026) • The amount of the overpayment • Who is liable for repaying the overpayment, and • Appropriate actions, including collection. Overpayments may be discovered from the following sources: • Information from the individual or provider • Discrepancies identified by agency staff • Public complaints • Information received from an employer • Information supplied by the Fraud Investigation Unit • Information received from community partners • Employment Department quarterly wage reports, and • Other sources of information. Establishing overpayments in the initial month ODHS|OHA may establish an overpayment for the initial month of eligibility under circumstances including but not limited to the following: • The filing group, ineligible student, or authorized representative withheld information. • The filing group, ineligible student, or authorized representative provided inaccurate information. • ODHS|OHA failed to use income reported as received or anticipated in determining the benefits of the filing group. or • The error was due to an error in computation or processing by ODHS|OHA. For medical assistance ODHS/OHA may establish a fraud overpayment for the budget month when a court determines the individual made a false or misleading statement or misrepresented, concealed, or withheld a fact for the purpose of establishing or maintaining eligibility. When anticipated income was reported for the initial month of eligibility, and it is later determined that income from another source was not reported but should have been, treat the reported and unreported income as follows in computing the overpayment: • For anticipated income that was not reported, use the actual amount of income received in computing the overpayment, if it is available. If actual income information is not available, use quarterly wage information from the Oregon Employment Department (OED). • For prospective income that was properly anticipated, continue to use the original anticipated amount, rather than the amount the individual actually received, in computing the overpayment. Use this method whenever the anticipated amount was properly determined, even if the actual amount the individual eventually received was different from the anticipated amount.