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Selected Employee Travel Expenses
… Purpose To determine whether the use of travel monies by selected government employees complied … expenses, which are discretionary and under the control of agency management, include car rentals, meals, lodging, … such as airline baggage and travel agency fees. As part of a statewide audit initiative to determine whether the use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/07/selected-employee-travel-expensesSunshine Developmental School – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Manual (Manual). The audit included all expenses claimed for the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2011. Background … Developmental via tuition payments based on reimbursement rates set by SED. SED periodically revises these rates based on the financial information reported by Sunshine …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/09/10/sunshine-developmental-school-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualComptroller DiNapoli Statement on Earth Day 2016
… On Earth Day 2016, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … historic day, as leaders from around the world celebrate Earth Day by signing the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. We’ve come so far since the first Earth Day 46 years ago. Environmental concerns are at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/comptroller-dinapoli-statement-earth-day-2016Ignition Interlock Program Monitoring (2015-MS-4)
… for the State’s Ignition Interlock Program were adequately monitoring the program to help ensure the safety of the … and others establishing standards for the usage and monitoring of IIDs ordered by criminal courts for these … IID activity. Key Findings Each county had a process for monitoring IID installations and negative activities of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/04/25/ignition-interlock-program-monitoring-2015-ms-4United HealthCare – Empire Plan Drug Rebate Revenue
… revenue to the Department of Civil Service (Department) as required by the contract between United and the Department. … 31, 2013. In accordance with the contract, United is required to negotiate agreements with drug manufacturers for … Company (Express Scripts) acquired Medco. The subcontract required Express Scripts to remit 100 percent of all rebates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/01/united-healthcare-empire-plan-drug-rebate-revenueElmcrest Children’s Center, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… To SED: Review the disallowances identified by our audit and, if warranted, make the necessary adjustments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/24/elmcrest-childrens-center-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualSelected Procurement and Contracting Practices
… administrative office (System Administration) located in Albany. SUNY’s non-personal services expenditures are more … $3 billion annually. System Administration is responsible for establishing policies that are in compliance with … SUNY’s requirements to manage cost and could serve as best practice examples if more widely shared among the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/07/06/selected-procurement-and-contracting-practicesComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… manage the financial condition of the general and school lunch funds. The general fund had deficits in the last three years while the school lunch fund had deficits in the last two years. Auditors also project both the general and school lunch funds to end the 2013-14 fiscal year with deficits of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsSelected Employee Travel Expenses
… Purpose To determine whether the use of travel monies by selected government employees complied with … spend between $100 million and $150 million each year on travel expenses. These expenses, which are discretionary and … fuel, and incidental costs such as airline baggage and travel agency fees. As part of a statewide audit initiative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/04/selected-employee-travel-expenses-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… revenue and expenditure projections in the city’s 2024-25 proposed budget are reasonable. However, there were … in a previous review letter when preparing the 2024-25 proposed budget. The mayor submitted the 2024-25 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Medicaid Program – Suspicious and Fraudulent Medicaid Payments to Affiliated Brooklyn Dentists
… disadvantaged and/or have special health care needs. For dental care, the State's Medicaid program requires care to … ended March 31, 2011, Medicaid paid about $321 million for dental claims. From January 1, 2007 through June 8, 2011, … Department of Health: Inappropriate Medicaid Billings for Dental Restorations (2007-S-71) Department of Health: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/04/medicaid-program-suspicious-and-fraudulent-medicaid-payments-affiliated-brooklyn-dentistsEmblemHealth Plan, Inc.: Overpayments for Services Requiring Coordination of Benefits
… of Civil Service contracts with EmblemHealth Plan, Inc. (Emblem) to process and pay claims for services on behalf of … coverage (referred to as subscriber plans), making Emblem both the primary and secondary payer. For instance, in … and as a dependent on their spouse’s subscriber plan. With Emblem as both the primary and secondary payer for each …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/08/emblemhealth-plan-inc-overpayments-services-requiring-coordination-benefitsXI.12.F Reassignment of Agency Responsibility for Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… agency must notify the vendor when reassigning a contract to another agency or department. Where a reassigned contract was subject to prior approval by the Office of the … transmit two transactions for agency reassignment of a contract: An amendment transaction against the original …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi12f-reassignment-agency-responsibility-contractsMedicaid Program – Improper Supplemental Maternity Capitation Payments to Managed Care Organizations
… (MCOs) a monthly premium for each enrolled recipient and, in turn, the MCOs pay for services their members require. In addition to the monthly premiums, MCOs can receive a … not eligible to receive SMCPs for maternity cases that end in termination or a miscarriage, as these are considered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/29/medicaid-program-improper-supplemental-maternity-capitation-payments-managed-careState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the following local government audits were issued. Village of Monticello – Payroll (Sullivan County) Village officials … resolutions, undocumented verbal agreements and a lack of oversight, training and controls, the village’s deputy … by $49,000 with two officers accounting for $39,000 of the total. The payroll clerk accrued and used unauthorized …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… school district audits have been issued. Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Network User … user accounts. As a result, BOCES has an increased risk of unauthorized access to and use of the BOCES network and potential loss of important data. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Allegany-Limestone Central School District – Reserve Funds and Fixed Assets (2013M-228)
… was to review District official’s internal controls over reserve funds and movable fixed assets for the period July 1, … percent. The Board failed to adopt a formalized plan for reserve funds that included the intent, funding levels and … the District had more than $2 million in a debt service reserve that District officials could not associate with any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/20/allegany-limestone-central-school-district-reserve-funds-and-fixed-assetsCollection of Fines Related to Tenant Complaints
… determine whether Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Rent Administration is appropriately accounting for and collecting fines (civil penalties) for non-compliance … housing in the State. Within DHCR, the Office of Rent Administration (ORA) administers the State’s rent laws …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/11/collection-fines-related-tenant-complaintsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1736
… Purpose To inform agencies of the new Additional Pay Earnings Codes, automatic processing for … implements the negotiated 2016–2023 agreement between New York State and NYSCOPBA Security Services Units (Bargaining Units 01 and 21) provides for the new bi-weekly Security Services Hazardous Duty Pay payment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1736-new-security-services-hazardous-duty-pay-arbitration-eligible-bu01-andOpinion 2003-7
… capital improvements to park land. November 3, 2003 Christine K. Wienberg, Esq., Town Attorney Town of Woodbury …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7