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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1682

… of the new procedure for how OSC will handle current year Social Security and/or Medicare (FICA) tax deficiencies for … employees Affected Employees Employees who incurred a Social Security and/or Medicare tax deficiency and have since … Background Employees who have taxable income subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes must have the employee’s …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1682-current-year-social-security-andor-medicare-tax-deficiencies-and-impact

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… been issued. State Education Department (SED): Volunteers of America – Greater New York Inc.: Compliance With the … not work in VOA-GNY's SED preschool programs. Department of Health (DOH): Medicaid Program: Improper Medicaid Payments … Medicaid payments were made for free vaccines and payments of the fee to administer the vaccines were not always …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0

DiNapoli: State Failed to Block Payments to Providers Supplying Controlled Substances Beyond Legal Limits

… to do a better job making sure that pharmacies, health care providers and patients are not skirting these rules.” … drugs that are highly prone to abuse are limited to a five-day supply, while others that carry less risk are limited to a 30-day supply. DiNapoli’s auditors determined DOH’s eMedNY …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-state-failed-block-payments-providers-supplying-controlled-substances-beyond-legal-limits

Available Options – Article 14 Benefits

… your lifetime, with the additional guarantee that if you live for less than five years or ten years after retirement, … period. Alternative Options If the options described here do not meet your needs, we will consider written …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1644/available-options

State Police Bulletin No. SP-101

… are eligible for a lump sum Education Payment in Fiscal Year 2007-08. Bargaining Unit 62 Effective April 1, 2007, … in June 2007. Members who obtain a degree within Fiscal Year 2007-08 but after the June 2007 payment is made should … are eligible for only one (1) payment in the fiscal year. Degree and Education Payment Amount Associate Degree …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-101-education-payment-employees-represented-police-benevolent-association

DiNapoli Consumer Alert: Contribute to a 529 College Savings Account and Deduct Up to $10,000 From Your State Taxes

… that individuals can enroll in, the Direct Plan and the Advisor Plan. The Direct Plan offers a broad array of … expenses to New York Direct Plan account holders. The Advisor Plan offers the option to select individual … 16 individual investment options. There are over 168,000 Advisor Plan accounts valued at $3.4 billion. Since January, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-consumer-alert-contribute-529-college-savings-account-and-deduct-10000-your-state-taxes

DiNapoli: 26 School Districts in Fiscal Stress

… that were listed in stress last year. "While it is welcome news that so few school districts across the state have been …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-26-school-districts-fiscal-stress

Oversight of Campus Foundations (Follow-Up)

… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the four … New York’s (SUNY) State-operated campuses are authorized to contract with foundations, which are private, not-for-profit corporations, to support fundraising efforts, real property management, or …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/06/oversight-campus-foundations-follow

Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease (Follow-Up)

… made in our initial audit report, Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease (Report 2015-S-14 … with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who were eligible for, but not enrolled in Medicare. Medicaid recipients with ESRD may be eligible for Medicare coverage if they meet certain conditions. When …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/05/reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-disease-follow

Improper Episodic Payments to Home Health Providers (Follow-Up)

… State's Medicaid program provides a wide range of health care services to individuals who are economically … to Medicaid recipients in the home. EPS is based on 60-day episodes of care. CHHAs can be paid for a full episode … were transferred into Managed Long Term Care during a 60-day episode of care. The CHHAs should not have received full …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/04/improper-episodic-payments-home-health-providers-follow

Medicaid Program – Overpayments of Hospitals' Claims for Lengthy Acute Care Admissions

… (with 248 days at the ALC rate), Medicaid would have paid only $67,748. Thus, Medicaid overpaid the hospital $62,684 …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/25/medicaid-program-overpayments-hospitals-claims-lengthy-acute-care-admissions

Optimizing Medicaid Drug Rebates (Follow-Up)

… 7, 2016. The audit objective was to determine whether the Department was maximizing revenues from drug rebates. The … the Department had overlooked multiple sources of drug rebate revenue. As a result, the Department did not collect … audit period. We determined that some of the Department’s rebate policies undermined its ability to collect all drug …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/20/optimizing-medicaid-drug-rebates-follow

Opinion 88-32

… if a town determines to publish the names and addresses of only selected officials, its determination in this regard …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-32

Oversight of Persons Convicted of Driving While Intoxicated

… Key Findings Of the 2,166 IIDs ordered by courts, only 111 IIDs (5 percent) were actually installed, and the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/10/07/oversight-persons-convicted-driving-while-intoxicated

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations

… Supplies (Follow-Up) (2016-F-29) An initial audit issued in January 2015 determined that New York City School-Based … For example, 10 of the 11 SBHCs sampled had shortages in various medication categories with one school having an unexplained shortage of 2,712 hypodermic needles. In a follow-up, auditors found DOH has made progress in …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinations-0

PSCH, Inc.

… that PSCH claimed on the Consolidated Fiscal Report (CFR) for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. Background … its expenditures up to the amount of the contract. For the year ended June 30, 2013, PSCH reported approximately $9.7 in … is maintained. Review all expenses claimed over the life of the contract to determine if they are allowed by …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/05/19/psch-inc

CUNY Bulletin No. CU-118

… in TIAA/CREF in their FULL TIME position either at the senior campus or the community college Effective Date Checks … based on the pension status of the employee's full-time job at the same campus. Once determined, the information … community college, the amount of completed TIAA service credit. This information must be communicated to OSC in order …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-118-tiaacref-pensionability-adjunct-earnings

DiNapoli: Moderate Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections for First Half of 2017

… 3.3 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … June, local collections totaled $8 billion compared to $7.8 billion during the same period last year. "Local … consumer spending is holding up for now, the upcoming back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons may determine if this …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-moderate-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-first-half-2017