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Controls Over Cash Advance Accounts (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the eight … accounts. As of March 31, 2016, Parks was authorized to have three advance accounts with a total value of $313,090, … seven have been implemented and one recommendation has not been implemented. Key Recommendation Officials are given …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/03/controls-over-cash-advance-accounts-followImproper Fee-for-Service Payments for Pharmacy Services Covered by Managed Care (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Improper Fee-for-Service … Key Finding Department officials have made some progress in addressing the problems we identified in the initial audit report. However, further actions are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/23/improper-fee-service-payments-pharmacy-services-covered-managed-care-followAnnual Assessment of Market Orders for 2012, 2013, and 2014
… the market orders and allows for the collection of funds by assessing growers to cover expenses. Key Findings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/05/07/annual-assessment-market-orders-2012-2013-and-2014Overpayments for Medicare Part C Coinsurance Charges (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the one recommendation included in our initial audit report Overpayments for Medicare Part C Coinsurance Charges
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/12/overpayments-medicare-part-c-coinsurance-charges-followRebates and Discounts on Physician-Administered Drugs (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report Rebates and Discounts on PhysicianAdministered Drug
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/06/rebates-and-discounts-physician-administered-drugs-followNew York Psychiatric Center – Controls Over State Resources (Follow-Up)
… recommendations included in our initial audit report, New York State Psychiatric Institute - Controls Over State Resources (Report 2008-S-145). Background The New York State Psychiatric Institute (Institute), established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/21/new-york-psychiatric-center-controls-over-state-resources-followMedicaid Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2008 Through March 31, 2009 (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the eight recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Claims Processing … providers, were accurately processed, and resulted in correct provider payments. We identified five reportable … system. The remaining four reportable conditions resulted in overpayments of approximately $1.2 million. Key Finding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/12/medicaid-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2008-through-march-31-2009-followContracts for Personal and Miscellaneous Services (Follow-Up)
… an assessment that would establish that outsourcing is the best approach to accomplish the task. Finally, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/01/07/contracts-personal-and-miscellaneous-services-followInspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the three recommendations included in our initial audit report, Inspecting Highway Bridges and Repairing Defects (Report 2012-S-33). Background … and repairs defects (i.e., flagged conditions). We found that NYSTA repairs defects identified during inspections. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/06/25/inspecting-highway-bridges-and-repairing-defects-followTravel Plaza Revenues and Capital Improvements (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the eight recommendations included in our initial audit report, Travel Plaza Revenues and Capital Improvements (Report 2008-S-103). Background In our initial audit report, which was issued on January 15, … a fuel concessionaire underreported its fuel deliveries in one month tested, and as a result underpaid its rent for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/14/travel-plaza-revenues-and-capital-improvements-followAccuracy of Reported Discharge Data (Follow-Up)
… whether the New York City Department of Education (DoE) was accurately reporting the number of students … the New York State Education Department. We found that DoE classified some students as discharged without sufficient … a discharge classification. Specifically, when we examined DoE’s discharge classifications for its 2004-08 general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/09/accuracy-reported-discharge-data-followRainbow Rhymes Learning Center (Follow-Up)
… the implementation status of the three recommendations in our initial report, State Education Department: Rainbow … supported. We found that Rainbow claimed $473,815 in expenses that were either not adequately supported, not … $166,665 of payments to Rainbow which we did not include in our audit; and develop and implement a monitoring system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/27/rainbow-rhymes-learning-center-followOversight of Grants (Follow-Up)
… as of March 7, 2014 of the eight recommendations in our initial audit report, Oversight of Grants (2009-S-78). … Key Findings Department officials have made progress in correcting the problems identified in our initial report. Of the eight prior audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/21/oversight-grants-followEmpire BlueCross BlueShield – Selected Payments for Special Items for the Period April 1, 2011 Through June 30, 2011 (Follow-Up)
… employees and their dependents. The Empire Plan (Plan) is the primary health benefits plan for NYSHIP. The … may be entitled to additional payments for special items (such as implants and drugs) that are not covered by the … items, while agreements with other hospitals do not have such limitations. From April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/10/30/empire-bluecross-blueshield-selected-payments-special-items-period-april-1-2011-throughAccounts Receivable Collection and Reporting
… Purpose To determine if the Authority’s accounts receivable … documented their multiple efforts to collect any past due accounts, and referred to the Office of the Attorney General the accounts more than 120 days past due that it was unable to collect. The temporary rise in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/05/accounts-receivable-collection-and-reportingSelected Aspects of Inactive Hazardous Waste Site Remediation Cost Recovery
… Conservation (Department) has effective systems in place to fully and accurately accumulate State costs … bill for and collect these costs from responsible parties in a timely manner, and identify and pursue parties … (Program), also known as the State Superfund Program, in New York. The purpose of the Program is to identify, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/22/selected-aspects-inactive-hazardous-waste-site-remediation-cost-recoveryPipeline Safety Oversight
… To determine whether the Public Service Commission (PSC) is providing oversight of pipeline safety in accordance with … administers pipeline safety nationwide. To do this, it delegates some of its authority to states and provides … of six gas-related incidents in 2015 that should otherwise have been reported. These incidents involved evacuations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/03/08/pipeline-safety-oversightOpinion 2003-5
… Retirement and Social Security Law §363-d applies in the case of death benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law … belong to an organized fire company or department in the case of General Municipal Law §207-a, and members of a … defined by the Retirement and Social Security Law in the case of Retirement and Social Security Law §363-a), and that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Reporting Requirements Changes (2015) – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… requirements such as an official’s record of activities (ROA), and it establishes the employer’s role in determining whether activities listed on an ROA are actually official duties of the position. The chart … Official did not need to attest to the accuracy of the ROA. Official must sign the ROA to attest to its accuracy. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/reporting-requirements-changesOpinion 88-41
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Towns … town function. The town board may acquire property for use in conducting such programs and contract with a private … presentation of such programs with town property. This is in response to your letter concerning the expenditure of town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-41