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Approved State Contracts and Payments

… Upstate University Medical Associates at Syracuse Inc. for family medicine staffing services. $4.5 million with New York State … to expand and rehabilitate the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. State University of New York …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/approved-state-contracts-and-payments

State Contract and Payment Actions in June

… contracts and payments is available at www.openbooknewyork.com . Major Contracts Approved Department of Agriculture and … on Ethics and Guidance. $11,000 to Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux, LLP for outside counsel for independent …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/state-contract-and-payment-actions-june

State Contract and Payment Actions in April

… million with Modular Space Corporation for office trailer rentals. Major Payments Approved Tax Refunds $3 billion for … for renovations and acquisition of machinery and equipment for the Global 450 Wafer Development and Deployment … for the Municipal Waste Reduction & Recycling Program. Gaming Commission $7 million to 26 local governments from …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-contract-and-payment-actions-april

State Contract and Payment Actions in December

… Comptroller approved 1,898 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $33.9 billion and approved … with Streeter Associates Inc. to construct the department’s maintenance sub-headquarters at Ithaca Tompkins Regional … Department of Agriculture and Markets $2.5 million to the NYS Federation of Growers & Processors Associations Inc. to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-december

Excessive Payments for Durable Medical Equipment Rentals (Follow-Up)

… Therefore, Medicaid’s current reimbursement policy does not limit the number of rental payments made for oxygen … 2018 to December 2021 for oxygen-related DME rentals. We found about $1.5 million in overpayments and $503,619 in … cost avoidance for the Medicaid program of $8.6 million if DOH had adopted a similar policy to Medicare’s 36-month …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/04/excessive-payments-durable-medical-equipment-rentals-follow

National Directory of New Hires Data Security

… Purpose To determine whether the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance has met Federal requirements for securing National Directory of New Hires data. The audit covers the period April 11, 2016 to … (Child Support Enforcement), a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Health and Human …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/18/national-directory-new-hires-data-security

Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2021 Through September 30, 2021

… providers from the Medicaid program. Key Recommendations We made 18 recommendations to the Department to recover the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/08/19/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2021-through-september-30-2021

Improper Medicaid Payments Involving Fee-for-Service Claims for Recipients With Multiple Client Identification Numbers (Follow-Up)

… into Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) or managed care. We issued our initial audit report on September 17, 2020. The audit objective was to determine if improper Medicaid payments were made on behalf of … identified were voided. However, we determined OMIG does not have a process to recover improper payments for …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/08/improper-medicaid-payments-involving-fee-service-claims-recipients-multiple-client

DiNapoli: State’s Paid Family Leave Program Helping Millions of New Yorkers

… Almost eight million workers were covered under PFL, with $872 million paid on approximately 156,000 claims in … to care for loved ones, whether it’s a parent bonding with a newborn or someone looking after a sick family member, … the employment and health insurance protections that come with it. No one should have to choose between caring for a …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-states-paid-family-leave-program-helping-millions-new-yorkers

Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2023 Through March 31, 2024

… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid … warranted follow-up. About the Program The Department of Health (DOH) administers the State’s Medicaid program. DOH’s … they had other concurrent comprehensive third-party health insurance; $2 million was paid for fee-for-service inpatient …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/02/06/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2023-through-march-31-2024

DiNapoli Releases Guide to Federal Funding in New York

… continued uncertainty in Washington over potential cuts for states, including funds for Medicaid and other health … and other vital programs. “Actions taken in Washington to cut health care, food assistance, infrastructure and other … cannot be replaced by state taxpayers. Understanding how New Yorkers are served by federal dollars will be …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-guide-federal-funding-new-york

DiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths

… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates … 100,000 babies born. While DOH collects this data, it does little to utilize it. The audit found DOH needs to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deaths

7 Million and Counting, More New Yorkers Benefit from State Health Coverage, September 2018

Medicaid and other public health insurance programs funded through the New York State budget covered over 7 million New Yorkers in January 2018.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/health-coverage-2018.pdf

Medicaid Program – Managed Care Organizations: Payments to Ineligible Providers

… providers. Notwithstanding those efforts, however, we identified certain weaknesses in the Department’s and MCOs’ processes that, if properly addressed, could improve their ability to detect … and prevent improper payments to ineligible providers. We determined MCOs improperly paid $50.3 million during the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/02/26/medicaid-program-managed-care-organizations-payments-ineligible-providers

Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments Involving Fee-for-Service Claims for Recipients With Multiple Client Identification Numbers

… Objective To determine if improper Medicaid payments were made on behalf of … improper payments identified were voided. However, OMIG does not have a process to recover improper premium payments … recipients with concurrent FFS enrollments. … To determine if improper Medicaid payments were made on behalf of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-involving-fee-service-claims-recipients

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… In March 2012, DoITT entered into a franchise agreement with a vendor to apply for the “.nyc” generic TLD (gTLD) and … four agreed-upon revenue sources in the city’s contract with the vendor during the audit scope and amended the contract several times with no supporting documentation explaining why. Auditors …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0