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Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments for Recipients in Hospice Care
… waive their right to use Medicaid for curative services, and a hospice organization assumes responsibility for all … can be provided in the home or in an inpatient setting and includes nursing and physician services, medical social services, drugs for symptom control and pain relief, counseling, and physical and occupational …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/11/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-recipients-hospice-careOpinion 96-20
… 1970 by a resolution of the village board adopted pursuant to former Village Law, §188-a may be abolished pursuant to Village Law, §8-800 by local law subject to permissive referendum. Notification of the abolishment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 91-34
… for professional services (see, e.g., People ex rel. Smith v Flagg , 17 NY 584). Generally, professional services … in the performance of the contract (see People ex rel. Smith , supra ; Trane Co. v County of Broome , 76 AD2d 1015, … statute to apply it to these services (see People ex rel. Smith , supra , 17 NY, at p 589; 1A Antieau, Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-34DiNapoli Releases Analysis of Enacted State Budget
… Enacted Budget increases funding for education, health care and other programs, but allows more borrowing and limits … of health and other programs. Establishes a new Health Care Transformation Fund to pay for health care programs and other purposes, with authority to transfer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-releases-analysis-enacted-state-budgetImproving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
This session will assist local officials in learning how to establish an effective and efficient claims processing system. A well-designed system ensures proper use of municipal resources, provides local officials with useful information and complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/improving-effectiveness-claims-processing-020724.pdfImproving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
This session will assist local officials in learning how to establish an effective and efficient claims processing system. A well-designed system ensures proper use of municipal resources, provides local officials with useful information and complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/improving-effectiveness-claims-processing-2-8-23.pdfImproving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
This session will assist local officials in learning how to establish an effective and efficient claims processing system. A well-designed system ensures proper use of municipal resources, provides local officials with useful information and complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/improving-effectiveness-claims-processing-020525.pdfMultiyear Financial Planning Webinar Presentation
This session will help local governments create an effective multiyear financial planning process that helps identify and manage potential fiscal difficulties before crises emerge. We will discuss suggestions on how to make good long-term revenue and expenditure projections; measure expected benefit
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/multiyear-financial-planning-07-27-22.pdfImproving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process Webinar Presentation
This webinar will assist local officials in learning how to establish an effective and efficient claims processing system. A well-designed system ensures proper use of municipal resources, provides local officials with useful information and complies with all applicable laws and regulations.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/improving-the-effectiveness-of-your-claims-auditing-process-02-16-2022.pdfOpinion 91-30
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … INTEREST -- Interest in Contract (purchases under State or county contract) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(2): A town board … representative for a corporation which holds State and county contracts and whose duties as sales representative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-30DiNapoli: Contamination of New York's Waterways From Combined Sewer Overflows Remains a Challenge
… of bacteria such as E. coli has become almost commonplace. Full scale replacement of combined sewers with separated … in New York. A copy of the report, which includes a full list of municipal CSOs in the state, can be found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/dinapoli-contamination-new-yorks-waterways-combined-sewer-overflows-remains-challengeDrug Management and Disposal
… to buy them. Key Recommendations Assess additional strategies to continue raising public awareness of proper …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/27/drug-management-and-disposalDiNapoli Finds Slow Property Tax Growth for Local Governments
… DiNapoli’s report notes that many local governments have cut programs and staff, diminished rainy day funds, deferred maintenance and capital purchases or cut public services. For example, between FYE 2009 and 2013, … health service expenditures by $370 million, cities cut transportation spending by $33.3 million and towns cut …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-finds-slow-property-tax-growth-local-governmentsDiNapoli Releases Analysis of SFY 2024-25 State Budget
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. “This year’s state budget was adopted in an improved economic environment, with state tax … decrease is primarily attributable to projected reductions in investment income, gaming receipts, and other special … depletion of funds from the federal American Rescue Plan. In addition, fiscal pressures may build as revenue streams …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-releases-analysis-sfy-2024-25-state-budgetDiNapoli: State Agency Overtime Pay Rose to a Record $716 Million Last Year
… Overtime pay at state agencies jumped for the sixth straight … State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The total number of overtime hours worked also increased, continuing a trend that began in 2011. “State employees worked 16.8 million overtime hours last year, at a record cost of $716 million,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-state-agency-overtime-pay-rose-record-716-million-last-yearDiNapoli: New York on Stronger Financial Footing
… in this total is the proposed $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act, which will be on the ballot this fall. The Bond Act will be the first borrowing proposal submitted to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-new-york-stronger-financial-footingOpinion 2000-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … to be filed with the State Comptroller a certified copy of each determination or order establishing or extending a … a resolution approving the establishment or extension of a town special district under Town Law is required to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-3Selected Aspects of Accommodations for Passengers with Disabilities (2019-S-41)
To determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey complied with selected requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and corresponding federal regulations to make its facilities accessible to passengers with disabilities.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s41.pdfMedicaid Program – Administrative Costs Used in Premium Rate Setting of Mainstream Managed Care Organizations
… of Health (Department) and whether the Department is appropriately applying the administrative costs in determining MCO premium rates. Our audit covered the … million enrollees and Medicaid claim costs totaled about $53 billion. Most of the State’s Medicaid recipients receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/09/13/medicaid-program-administrative-costs-used-premium-rate-setting-mainstream-managed-careOpinion 94-26
… assessments in section 980-k is computed with reference to general town taxes within the district. You ask whether a … of the maximum amount of the district charge pursuant to General Municipal Law, §980-k is made by reference to the levy of town taxes or village taxes within the area of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26