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Financial Management Practices
… Purpose To determine if the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District’s (District) financial management … Background The District regulates the flow of the Hudson River and the Black River to reduce flooding caused by excess … To determine if the Hudson RiverBlack River Regulating Districts District financial management …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/11/25/financial-management-practicesExcessive Medicaid Payments for Services to Recipients Receiving Medicare Benefits (Follow-Up)
… in our initial audit report, Excessive Medicaid Payments for Services to Recipients Receiving Medicare Benefits … whether the Department was correctly paying claims for services to Medicaid recipients who also have health … and proactive steps to administer Medicaid reimbursements for services provided to dual eligible individuals. About …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/26/excessive-medicaid-payments-services-recipients-receiving-medicare-benefits-followOpinion 2000-22
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Exceptions (contracts entered into prior to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-22CUNY Bulletin No. CU-617
… the chart of accounts strings mapped to the Position Pools in PayServ Affected Employees All CUNY employee records will be affected Background In order to correctly calculate the charges for the split … year-end payroll allocation percentages are outlined in the Guide to Financial Operations , Section XV.6.A . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-617-new-york-state-payroll-system-payserv-cuny-fiscal-year-endDiNapoli: Health Care Jobs Grow Across New York
… Health care employment rose by more than 18 percent over the past decade, more than double the pace of overall … (16.7 percent). In the Mohawk Valley, health care made up almost 20 percent of all private-sector jobs in 2017. Both … health care industry employment and grew by 18.1 percent from 2007 to 2017, adding nearly 216,000 jobs. Total private …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-health-care-jobs-grow-across-new-yorkOversight of Weights and Measures Programs
… weights and measures to ensure consumer confidence in products purchased in New York State. The audit covers the period April 1, 2014 … charged with ensuring measurement accuracy and uniformity in commerce to help ensure that consumers get what they pay … weights and measures to ensure consumer confidence in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/01/oversight-weights-and-measures-programsDiNapoli Report Highlights Regional Education Trends
… revenues, such as property taxes, and less on state aid. For example, 68 percent of revenues for Long Island schools … Valley had the highest median per-pupil spending rate at $26,636, while Western New York was lowest at $19,776. This … at 0.4 percent. The percentage of students eligible for free- or reduced-price lunch was 39 percent in 2014-15, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-report-highlights-regional-education-trendsPreferred Source Contracting
… Purpose To determine how State agencies and facilitating agencies are monitoring contracts fulfilled by not-for-profit … with private entities to ensure contract requirements are being met; whether the majority of the work is completed … To determine how State agencies and facilitating agencies are monitoring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingMedicaid Program – Medicaid Payments for Pharmacy Claims: Joia Pharmacy and a Related Prescriber
… prescriptions were missing or invalid; Claims in which the medication dispensing labels contained inaccurate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/06/27/medicaid-program-medicaid-payments-pharmacy-claims-joia-pharmacy-and-related-prescriberState Agencies Bulletin No. 1213
… Purpose To provide calendar year-end procedures for taxable travel reimbursements in order to comply with IRS reporting requirements. This bulletin … To provide calendar yearend procedures for taxable travel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1213-year-end-procedure-taxable-employee-expense-reimbursementsSelected Financial Management Practices (Follow-Up)
… from certain tenants; adequately ensure that the Economic Development Corporation reported revenues correctly; document …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/09/15/selected-financial-management-practices-followInfrastructure Inspection and Maintenance (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the seven recommendations included in our initial audit report, Infrastructure Inspection and … number of them – some over many years, some not at all. In addition, the report concluded a risk existed that critical structures most in need of repair were not given priority, as the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/12/infrastructure-inspection-and-maintenance-followRailroad Bridge Inspection Program (Follow-Up)
… Bridge Inspection Program will potentially be impacted by pending legislation referred to as the Rail Safety Act of … Assembly and Senate and is awaiting review and approval by the Governor. The Bill, if enacted, would amend existing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/10/04/railroad-bridge-inspection-program-followAdministration of Non-Competitive and Limited-Competition Contracts (Follow-Up)
… 2015 determined whether the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) properly awarded, extended, and … ratings. The vendors’ contracts totaled $114.1 million. For 9 of the 12 vendors, children in their care were abused … the Procurement Rules and document their justification for awarding certain non-competitive and limited-competition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/09/administration-non-competitive-and-limited-competition-contracts-followOversight of International Offices (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Oversight of International … State Development (ESD) made significant improvements in managing payments to foreign offices, it did not have an … only reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the operation of foreign offices. Key Findings ESD has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/12/30/oversight-international-offices-followThe 80/20 Housing Program
… complied with Program requirements regarding the number of designated affordable units and tenant eligibility; and to … Program, that were occupied and had allocated 20 percent of their apartments to low-income tenants, between January 1, … Community Renewal (HCR) is an umbrella entity consisting of all the State’s major housing and community renewal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/31/8020-housing-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 1125
… agencies of employee Social Security Number restrictions in the National ID field located at Workforce … Information>Modify a Person>Biographical Details Tab in PayServ. Affected Employees All employees Effective … Administration restricts the use of certain values in Social Security Numbers. OSC Actions PayServ now has edits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1125-new-national-id-field-editsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1115
… Purpose To inform agencies of the processing requirements for employees who claim exempt from Federal, State and/or … (Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax) and IRS Instructions for Form W-4 (Employees Withholding Allowance Certificate), … employees who claimed exempt from Federal withholding for 2011 must file a new Form W-4 by February 16, 2012 to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1115-claiming-exempt-federal-state-andor-local-tax-withholding-2012United HealthCare – Empire Plan Drug Rebate Revenue (Follow-Up)
… the implementation status of the recommendation made in our audit report, United HealthCare: Empire Plan Drug … program from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2013. In accordance with the contract, United was required to … 1, 2016, found that United did not remit $1,498,719 in rebate revenue to the Department. We made one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/15/united-healthcare-empire-plan-drug-rebate-revenue-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 1096
… Purpose To explain why the Retirement Plan Checkbox in Box 13 must be checked … To explain why the Retirement Plan Checkbox in Box 13 must be checked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1096-retirement-plan-checkbox-form-w-2