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Eye Care Provider and Family Inappropriately Enroll as Recipients and Overcharge for Vision Services (Follow-Up)
… 2016. The audit objectives were to determine whether the owner of a Medicaid eye care provider (Provider) and the owner’s family members and associates inappropriately … benefits on behalf of the owner and the owner’s spouse and three other family members during the enrollment periods. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/12/eye-care-provider-and-family-inappropriately-enroll-recipients-and-overcharge-visionHow to Obtain Your Personal Records Under the Personal Privacy Protection Law
… 6-A of the Public Officers Law (§§91-99), is intended to protect your privacy by regulating the manner in which State agencies … personal information about you. The PPPL also enables you to access and/or correct information the Office of the State … New York State Personal Privacy Protection Law is intended to protect your privacy by regulating the manner in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/help/how-obtain-your-personal-records-under-personal-privacy-protection-lawImproper Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Follow-Up)
… Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Report 2018-S-65 ). About the Program The State’s Medicaid program offers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/31/improper-fee-service-payments-services-covered-managed-long-term-care-plans-followEfforts to Collect Tolls and Fees Using License Plate Images and Law Firms (Follow-Up)
… Bridges and Tunnels, is an MTA agency that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels that interconnect parts of New … vehicles per year and carries more traffic than any other bridge or tunnel authority in the nation. Toll revenues from … without payment of the toll prescribed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority at the regularly established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/07/efforts-collect-tolls-and-fees-using-license-plate-images-and-law-firms-followAdministration of the Contract With the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the nine recommendations included in our initial audit … of the Contract With the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health ( 2015-S-88 ). About the Program Our initial report, … To determine the extent of implementation of the nine recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/administration-contract-postgraduate-center-mental-health-followMedicaid Program – Cost of Pharmacy Services Under Managed Care
… the Department of Health (Department) obtained Medicaid pharmacy services under managed care in an economical manner. … uses two methods to pay health care providers for Medicaid pharmacy services: fee-for-service (FFS) and managed care. Under FFS, the Department pays pharmacy providers directly for each drug dispensed to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-cost-pharmacy-services-under-managed-careOversight of Registration, Licensing, and Inspection of Radioactive Materials Facilities and Radiation Equipment Facilities (Follow-Up)
… approximately 1,100 radioactive materials facilities (RAM facilities), as well as registering and inspecting … through March 5, 2021. We found that DOH completed 94% of RAM facility inspections on time. However, it completed 44% … for staff time and travel. We also found that, of the 259 RAM facility inspections that needed the buffer to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/10/oversight-registration-licensing-and-inspection-radioactive-materials-facilities-andOverlap, Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation of Workforce Development Programs and Services (Follow-Up)
… Duplication, Gaps, and/or Fragmentation of Workforce Development Programs and Services (Report 2020-S-45 ). About … Department of Labor (DOL) — along with 33 Local Workforce Development Boards, 95 One-Stop Career Centers (Career … and 21 agencies and authorities — offers workforce development (WFD) programs and services that address current …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/11/overlap-duplication-gaps-andor-fragmentation-workforce-development-programs-and-servicesImproper Medicaid Payments for Individuals Receiving Hospice Services Covered by Medicare (Follow-Up)
… covered by Medicare. The audit covered the period January 1, 2015 through July 31, 2019. We determined the Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/13/improper-medicaid-payments-individuals-receiving-hospice-services-covered-medicare-followOversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment (Follow-Up)
… audit report, Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment ( 2014-S-50 ). Background The Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (Act) was enacted in 2007 to deal with the … audit report Oversight of Sex Offenders Subject to Strict and Intensive Supervision and Treatment 2014S50 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/27/oversight-sex-offenders-subject-strict-and-intensive-supervision-and-treatment-followUnitedHealthcare – Overpayments for Out-of-Network Anesthesia Services Provided at In-Network Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Follow-Up)
… 2017-S-35 ). About the Program The New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) covers over 1.2 million … health benefit plan is the Empire Plan. UnitedHealthcare (United) administers the medical/surgical portion of the … procedures). Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are health care facilities focused on providing same-day surgical care. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/18/unitedhealthcare-overpayments-out-network-anesthesia-services-provided-network-ambulatoryState Agencies Bulletin No. 2276
… to explain why the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 of Form W-2 must be checked for most employees and left … for others. Affected Employees: Employees receiving a 2024 Form W-2 are affected. Background: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Instructions for Form W-2 require that the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2276-retirement-plan-checkbox-form-w-2-wage-and-tax-statement-tax-year-2024State Agencies Bulletin No. 1910
… implements the 2016-2023 Agreement between the State of New York and NYSCOPBA, eligible employees in New York City, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1910-april-2021-increase-location-pay-downstate-adjustment-and-location-payDiNapoli: IDA Audits Reveal Need For Improved Project Oversight
… Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) in Niagara , Tompkins and Wyoming counties failed to … said DiNapoli. “IDAs are leveraging tax breaks in exchange for long-term jobs and future revenue for their communities, but without adequate safeguards in place the effectiveness of these efforts cannot be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-ida-audits-reveal-need-improved-project-oversightDiNapoli: New York State Pension Fund Expands List of Corporations That Disclose Political Spending
… Scripts Holding Co. (30.5%); American Airlines (28%); Aetna Inc. (25%); Wynn Resorts (14.6%); and Johnson & Johnson …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-new-york-state-pension-fund-expands-list-corporations-disclose-political-spendingTaxes – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… reflecting the one-time homeowner’s property tax relief credit, and enhanced earned income and child tax credits. … of the business entities are authorized to claim a PIT credit for their shares of the PTET paid. Approximately $11.5 … reflecting the onetime homeowners property tax relief credit and enhanced earned income and child tax credits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/taxesDiNapoli: Percentage of New Yorkers With Mental Illness Rose as Available Psychiatric Beds Declined
… and number of New Yorkers living with any mental illness (AMI) has increased in recent years, according to the state … there were more than 3.2 million adult New Yorkers with AMI in 2021-2022. Incidences of any mental illness were … to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), AMI encompasses all recognized mental illnesses and is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-percentage-new-yorkers-mental-illness-rose-available-psychiatric-beds-declinedDiNapoli Calls for Long-Needed State Debt Reform
… use of debt have been circumvented over the years in state budgets. Since the Debt Reform Act was passed in 2000, state-supported debt outstanding increased by $25 … to increase by $26 billion, or 42%, from $61.9 billion in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-22 to $88 billion in SFY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-calls-long-needed-state-debt-reformState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations
… the following audits and examinations have been issued: Department of Health (DOH): New York City School-Based Health … New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD): The Mitchell-Lama Program: Awarding … 2014, auditors identified $4,854 in other than personal service (OTPS) costs that were charged to the program that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinations-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 2377
… to explain why the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 of Form W-2 must be checked for most employees and left … for others. Affected Employees: Employees receiving a 2025 Form W-2 are affected. Background: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Instructions for Form W-2 require that the Retirement Plan checkbox in Box 13 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2377-retirement-plan-checkbox-form-w-2-wage-and-tax-statement-tax-year-2025