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Membership Milestones for Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) Members
… If you are in the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS), no matter … age 55 and 62 are eliminated. After Retirement: If you retire directly from payroll, you will be covered by a … higher benefit. A maximum of 30 years of service credit can be used in your pension calculation. After Retirement: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/membership-milestones-employees-retirement-system-ers-membersDiNapoli Proposes More Transparency for Fire Protection Costs
… lead to lack of civic understanding, limited participation in budget hearings and special elections, and not enough … notes: As of December 2015, there were 886 fire districts in the state. All 62 cities and many of the state's villages … approximately 1,200 fire officials across the state in the last three years on financial matters. For a copy of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-proposes-more-transparency-fire-protection-costsDiNapoli Encourages New Yorkers to Save for College
… is encouraging New Yorkers who face college expenses to open a 529 College Savings account to start saving now to help with the costs of getting a … Plan disclosure booklet or go to: http://cdn.unite529.com/jcdn/files/NYD/pdfs/DisclosureBooklet.pdf For access to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-encourages-new-yorkers-save-collegeOverpayments of Claims for Selected Professional Services (Follow-Up)
… both the provider and the provider's affiliated medical group received Medicaid payments for the same service. One …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/23/overpayments-claims-selected-professional-services-followMedicaid Program – Payments for Death-Related One-Day Inpatient Admissions
… to the reason for admission and severity of illness in calculating reimbursements. Usually, the more severe the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/15/medicaid-program-payments-death-related-one-day-inpatient-admissionsUnitedHealthcare: Improper Payments for Acupuncture and Acupuncture-Related Services
… Objective To determine whether UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York appropriately reimbursed … in duplicate payments for services already paid on another claim, including $18,663 confirmed by United and $205,102 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/27/unitedhealthcare-improper-payments-acupuncture-and-acupuncture-related-servicesDiNapoli: Chatham Police Chief Sentenced for Pension Double-Dipping
… hours of community service today for defrauding the New York State pension system by concealing his unlawful … his sentencing. Volkmann pleaded guilty in February to grand larceny in the fourth degree for circumventing New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-chatham-police-chief-sentenced-pension-double-dippingDiNapoli: Despite Progress, Pay Gap for Women Persists
… gap of $8,821, according to a new analysis by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The analysis, based on … . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-despite-progress-pay-gap-women-persistsXIII.9 Allowed Values for Processing Payments in SFS – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… provides the allowed values to be used when processing employee expense reimbursements. Business Purposes This … document lists and defines the Business Purposes that an employee can select when completing an Expense Report in the SFS Travel and Expenses module. Expense Types This document lists …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii9-allowed-values-processing-payments-sfsMedicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments for Terminated Drugs
… & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Medicaid program covers medically necessary prescription and non-prescription drugs. Drugs may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-terminated-drugsDiNapoli: Trouble Ahead for Local Governments and Schools
… The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many local governments’ revenues and its impact will likely be … As sales tax revenues fall by double-digits and state aid is reduced or delayed, DiNapoli called on the federal government to provide aid to local governments before drastic service cuts occur. “Local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-trouble-ahead-local-governments-and-schoolsMedicaid Overpayments for Medicare Advantage Plan Services (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Overpayments for … [Plans]) to meet the specific needs of Medicare enrollees. When a health care service is covered by a Medicaid … the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General had yet to take action on approximately $11 million of the identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/07/01/medicaid-overpayments-medicare-advantage-plan-services-followSelected Aspects of Accommodations for Passengers With Disabilities
… Objective To determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has complied with selected … According to PANYNJ officials, they had a plan to install signage by summer 2020; however, this was not done as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/07/29/selected-aspects-accommodations-passengers-disabilitiesDiNapoli: Former Town Clerk Sentenced for $35,000 Embezzlement
… dog license fees deposited with the town over four years, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said. "This should serve … gain,” DiNapoli said. “Thanks to my office’s work with the New York State Police and Fulton County District Attorney Chad …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-former-town-clerk-sentenced-35000-embezzlementDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for 17 Cities
… Thomas P. DiNapoli issued fiscal stress scores today for the 17 cities in New York that have fiscal years ending … and Rensselaer failed to file their financial information for the 2015 fiscal year and could not be issued a score. The … the Comptroller will release the updated fiscal scores for all counties, towns and the majority of cities in New York. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-17-citiesMedicaid Overpayments for Out-of-State Ambulatory Surgery Services (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Overpayments for … through June 30, 2009, auditors identified $12.2 million in actual and potential Medicaid overpayments to out-of-state … of September 30, 2012, of the two recommendations included in our initial report. Key Finding Department and Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/01/10/medicaid-overpayments-out-state-ambulatory-surgery-services-followMedicaid Overpayments for Non-Emergency Out-of-State Inpatient Services (Follow-Up)
… in our initial audit report, Medicaid Overpayments for Non-Emergency Out-of-State Inpatient Services (Report … the Department paid out-of-state hospitals properly for non-emergency services for New York Medicaid recipients. For the period May 1, 2002 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/03/11/medicaid-overpayments-non-emergency-out-state-inpatient-services-followComptroller DiNapoli Releases Bond Calendar for Second Quarter
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced a tentative schedule for the planned sale of obligations for the State, New York City, and their major … during the second quarter of 2014. The State Comptroller’s office chairs the Securities Coordinating Committee which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-bond-calendar-second-quarterDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for 17 Cities
… Thomas P. DiNapoli issued fiscal stress scores today for the 17 cities in New York that have fiscal years ending … year-end fund balance, short-term borrowing and patterns of operating deficits, the monitoring system creates an … financial information for the 2014 fiscal year and could not be classified. To date, a total of 115 municipalities and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-17-citiesThe Survivor’s Benefit Program for Retired NYS Employees
… that provides a minimum death benefit to the survivors of New York State retired employees. Your beneficiary may … the 15 years immediately preceding your departure or retirement from State service. Additionally, you must meet … complete and return to your personnel office. If you are not a member of NYSLRS, NYSTRS or TIAA, you must designate on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/survivors-benefit-program-retired-nys-employees