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DiNapoli: Tax Cap Remains Below One Percent in 2017
… Property tax levy growth for local governments will be capped at 0.68 percent … York’s local governments must cope with extremely limited growth for property taxes to stay within the tax cap,” said … year in a row that local governments have had their levy growth capped at less than 2 percent and the second year in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-remains-below-one-percent-2017DiNapoli: Former Town Clerk Arrested in Mayfield Theft
… Hart was arrested today for allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars in public funds, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced. "Ms. Hart took advantage of her position and the public's trust by diverting public … work in helping us hold Ms. Hart accountable." Hart, 61, of Mayfield, was charged with two counts of grand larceny in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-former-town-clerk-arrested-mayfield-theftState Comptroller DiNapoli Launches Academy for Local Government Officials
… of local officials to make sure the books are managed right, but we also offer them a helping hand,” said DiNapoli. “We know that keeping a local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-launches-academy-local-government-officialsThe ARC of Ulster-Greene – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… special education services to about 130 children from ten school districts located in Ulster, Green and Delaware …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/02/arc-ulster-greene-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualUpstate Cerebral Palsy – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Purpose To determine whether the costs reported by Upstate Cerebral … York. UCP provides preschool special education services to children with disabilities between the ages of three and … financial information, including costs, that UCP reports to SED on its annual CFR. To be eligible for reimbursement, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/11/05/upstate-cerebral-palsy-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualAspire of Western New York – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Aspire provides a wide range of services to children with disabilities from birth through age 21, including … reimbursement, the provider's reported costs must comply with the guidelines specified in the RCM. For the year ended … in various other-than-personal-service costs such as entertainment and food expenses. We also identified $32,377 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/29/aspire-western-new-york-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualAccuracy of Reported Discharge Data (Follow-Up)
… when we examined DoE’s discharge classifications for its 2004-08 general education cohort (i.e., the students …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/09/09/accuracy-reported-discharge-data-followWhitestone School for Child Development – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… Fiscal Reports (CFRs) of the Whitestone School for Child Development (Whitestone) were calculated properly, … Manual (Manual). The audit included all expenses claimed for the fiscal year 2012-13 and certain expenses for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2012. Background …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/07/whitestone-school-child-development-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualUnited HealthCare – Compensation and Benefit Costs for the Empire Plan for the Period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010
… to support the charges for time worked by claims and call center staff assigned to the Empire Plan. United did not … method to track and account for the time worked by claims center staff. Key Recommendations For no less than six … for the compensation and benefits of claims and call center employees who administer the Empire Plan’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/04/10/united-healthcare-compensation-and-benefit-costs-empire-plan-period-january-1-2008-throughCVS Health – Accuracy of Empire Plan Medicare Rx Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service
… Objective To determine if CVS Health appropriately invoiced drug manufacturers and remitted corresponding rebate revenue … drugs provided under the Empire Plan Medicare Rx drug benefit. Our audit covered the period January 1, 2014 … in the Empire Plan and Medicare have their prescription drug coverage under Empire Plan Medicare Rx, a Medicare Part …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/21/cvs-health-accuracy-empire-plan-medicare-rx-drug-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civilCVS Health – Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service (Follow-Up)
… CVS Health was required to negotiate agreements with drug manufacturers for rebates and remit the rebate revenue to … generated from agreements CVS Health had with six drug manufacturers and found that CVS Health did not always invoice drug manufacturers for all rebates, collect all rebates from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/02/08/cvs-health-accuracy-drug-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civil-service-followCVS Health - Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service (Follow-Up)
… five recommendations included in our initial audit report, CVS Health – Accuracy of Drug Rebate Revenue Remitted to the … 1.1 million members. Civil Service contracted with CVS Health to administer the Empire Plan’s prescription drug … December 31, 2018. In accordance with the contract, CVS Health was required to negotiate agreements with drug …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/12/29/cvs-health-accuracy-drug-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civil-service-followEthelbert B. Crawford Public Library – Disbursements (2013M-222)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the internal controls over the Library’s disbursements for … The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the internal controls over the Librarys disbursements for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2013/11/01/ethelbert-b-crawford-public-library-disbursements-2013m-222UnitedHealthcare – Reasonable and Customary Reimbursement Rates for Delayed Claims
… rate schedules that did not correlate with the date of the service on the claims, and to calculate the corresponding … Program (NYSHIP), administered by the Department of Civil Service (Civil Service), provides health insurance coverage to over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/12/unitedhealthcare-reasonable-and-customary-reimbursement-rates-delayed-claimsEmpire BlueCross – Improper Payments for Special Items Billed by Hospitals Within Long Island Health Network
… special items according to the terms of its contract with Long Island Health Network and, if not, whether Empire … by standard fee schedules. Under Empire’s contract with Long Island Health Network (LIHN), which covered ten hospitals on Long Island, Empire paid about $180.5 million for 158,305 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/29/empire-bluecross-improper-payments-special-items-billed-hospitals-within-long-island-healthHeadstart of Rockland, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
To determine whether the costs reported by Head Start of Rockland Inc on its Consolidated Fiscal Report were properly calculated adequately documented and
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/headstart-rockland-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualComptroller DiNapoli Releases School and Municipal Audits
… issued. Town of Hounsfield – Claims Auditing (Jefferson County) The board did not audit claims before approving … Rochester City School District – Budget Review (Monroe County) A review of the district’s general fund budgets … water usages used by village officials to bill customers did not always appear to be accurate. Finally, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-and-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: Local Tax Cap Will Be Two Percent in 2022
… tax levy growth will be limited to 2% for a third time in four years for local governments with calendar fiscal … first applied to local governments and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to the lesser of … Dec. 31) had their levy growth capped at that amount. In 2021, the allowable levy growth was 1.56%. The Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-local-tax-cap-will-be-two-percent-2022CVS Health – Temporary Holding Account Rebate Revenue (Follow-Up)
To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report Temporary Holding Account Rebate Revenue 2019S27
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/15/cvs-health-temporary-holding-account-rebate-revenue-followFairport Central School District – Financial Condition and Capital Improvement Project Expenditures (2013M-23)
… the District’s financial condition and capital improvement project expenditures for the period July 1, 2009, to December … million in professional services for a capital improvement project (CIP), as required by the District’s policy. … District Financial Condition and Capital Improvement Project Expenditures 2013M23 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/04/19/fairport-central-school-district-financial-condition-and-capital