Search
United HealthCare – Overpayments for Services Provided by Long Island Bone and Joint, LLP
… October 31, 2015. Background The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) provides health insurance coverage to active and retired State, participating … will result in United making an excessive payment on the claim. Our audit focused on claims submitted to United by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/united-healthcare-overpayments-services-provided-long-island-bone-and-joint-llpSchool of Professional Studies – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… whether there was fraud, waste, or abuse in the use of funds held in its bank accounts. Background The City University of New York School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) was founded in 2003 to … whether there was fraud waste or abuse in the use of funds held in its bank accounts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/02/school-professional-studies-controls-over-bank-accountsDiNapoli: Managed Care Companies Wasting Millions in State Medicaid Dollars
… organizations (MCOs) that contract with the Department of Health (DOH) to provide health services under the state’s … “My office will continue to work with the state Department of Health to ensure the improper payments are recovered and … Medicaid claim costs totaled more than $51 billion, of which managed care premiums comprised nearly $27 billion. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-managed-care-companies-wasting-millions-state-medicaid-dollarsSelected Payments for Special Items for the Period July 1, 2012 Through December 31, 2012 (Empire BlueCross and BlueShield)
… paid claims for special items according to the provisions of the agreements between Empire and its member hospitals and … district employees and their dependents. The Department of Civil Service (Department) contracts with Empire to administer the hospitalization portion of the Empire Plan (Plan), which includes coverage for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/01/16/selected-payments-special-items-period-july-1-2012-through-december-31-2012-empireOpinion 2004-9
… joint purchase arrangements (see New York State Senate and Assembly Memoranda in Support of S.7631-A/A.10572-A of 1992; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-9State Agencies Bulletin No. 2422
… inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2026 PEF LLS payment, eligibility changes due to the … 190 of the Laws of 2023, which implemented the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and the PEF, … LLS eligibility criteria. Effective Dates: The April 2026 LLS Payment will be processed in separate paychecks on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2422-april-2026-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-llsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2330
… Eligibility Criteria: Employees in graded positions (Grade 001-037) and NS positions (Grade 600) which are equated … PEF Performance Advance which results in the employee’s salary reaching Job Rate provided the employee does not have … 03/31/2025 that was previously upward reallocated, whose salary at the time of the reallocation was equal to or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2330-april-2025-public-employees-federation-pef-longevity-lump-sum-llsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2331
… Eligibility Criteria: Employees in graded positions (Grade 001-025) and NS positions (Grade 600) which are equated … CSEA Performance Advance which results in the employee’s salary reaching Job Rate provided the employee does not have … 03/31/2025 that was previously upward reallocated, whose salary at the time of the reallocation was equal to or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2331-april-2025-civil-service-employees-association-csea-longevity-lump-sumTown of Lockport – Fuel Inventory (2025M-54)
… Audit Objective Did the Town of Lockport (Town) Highway Superintendent (Superintendent) properly safeguard and account for fuel inventory? Audit Period January 1, 2023 … The Superintendent did not properly safeguard and account for fuel inventory The Superintendent also did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-lockport-fuel-inventory-2025m-54XIV.14.D Criteria for Recording General Capital Assets Including Infrastructure – XIV. Special Procedures
… Machinery and Equipment in excess of $40,000 Office Furniture and Equipment in excess of $40,000 Building and … rather than the individual assets. For bulk purchases of furniture, equipment, etc., the individual assets must exceed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv14d-criteria-recording-general-capital-assets-including-infrastructureCOVID-19 Pandemic Small Business Recovery Grant Program
… ESD established performance measures to assess the impact of the awards. The audit covered the period from April 2021 … March 22, 2020. While the order affected businesses of all sizes, most of the businesses in New York are small businesses employing … ESD established performance measures to assess the impact of the awards …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/05/07/covid-19-pandemic-small-business-recovery-grant-programDiNapoli: State is Slow in Disbursing Some Federal Relief Funds for Housing
… New York has been slow when it comes to using some federal relief funds earmarked to alleviate the state’s affordable … in allocating it to specific housing projects or housing relief programs could result in funds being lost. “The state … work more efficiently to ensure the unprecedented federal relief funds help New Yorkers in need and are not lost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-state-slow-disbursing-some-federal-relief-funds-housingDiNapoli: Sandy Damage Delayed MTA Electronic Security Program Another Three Years
… has made important security improvements, the first phase of its capital program is still not finished, more than … transit security over the past four years has shifted more of the burden of securing the nation’s largest transit system to the MTA’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/dinapoli-sandy-damage-delayed-mta-electronic-security-program-another-three-yearsState Agencies Bulletin No. 702
… The new bargaining unit received a 3% raise on April 1, 2005. The employee’s prior bargaining unit received a 2.75% raise on April 1, 2005. In addition to the raise, the employee received a … that was in effect for the new bargaining unit on April 1, 2005. The new bargaining unit into which the employee is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/702-recalculation-salary-when-there-movement-between-bargaining-unitsDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-101
… Department of Financial Services has announced that the 2019 premium rate and the maximum weekly employee … wage. According to the New York Department of Labor, the 2019 statewide average weekly wage is $1,357.44. Based on this 2019 average weekly wage amount, the maximum employee premium …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-101-new-york-state-paid-family-leave-program-rentOversight of Water Supply Emergency Plans
… to ensure that it is suitable for people to drink. Its Bureau of Water Supply Protection (Bureau) is responsible for providing regulatory oversight of … design, and quality of public drinking water supplies. The Bureau also assists with water system security, emergency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/06/27/oversight-water-supply-emergency-plansUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-152
… selected employees. Employees have been given the option of either one lump sum payment of $20,000 or a portion thereof in calendar year 2009 or the … is not pensionable and is not included in the calculation of overtime. There will be no direct deposit for this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-152-unified-court-system-separation-buyout-incentive-paymentAccounts Payable Advisory No. 39
… an eminent domain judgment or an Eminent Domain Procedure Law section 701 award must be processed by the originating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/39-eminent-domain-judgmentsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1492
… eligibility be reported timely and accurately. As a result, the Date of Birth field will now be a required field for all new hires. Agencies will not be able … the Automated Interface Feedback File / Report (NHRP574A&B) : Includes new messages for the new required fields. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1492-new-employer-federal-reporting-guidelines-affordable-care-act-and-nysDiNapoli: Former Le Roy Fire Department Treasurer Stole Nearly $50,000 in Public Funds
… The former treasurer of the Le Roy Fire Department and the Firemen’s Benevolent Association of the Village of Le Roy (Genesee County) stole nearly $50,000 in public funds by pocketing cash, writing unauthorized checks to himself and his personal business, and making electronic transfers to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-former-le-roy-fire-department-treasurer-stole-nearly-50000-public-funds