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Otsego County – Court and Trust Funds (2025-C&T-4)
… – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to determine whether Otsego County (County) officials have established appropriate controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the … January 1, 2023 through July 31, 2025. Background Pursuant to a court order, certain assets may be provided to the court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/12/05/otsego-county-court-and-trust-funds-2025-ct-4Project Tracking Systems and Economic Assistance Program Evaluations
… Objective To determine if Empire State Development (ESD) maintains adequate information systems for the collection of relevant data to effectively manage and report on the economic assistance programs it administers … responsible for the coordination of the State’s economic development programs. Its mission is to promote a vigorous …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/18/project-tracking-systems-and-economic-assistance-program-evaluationsDiNapoli: Town of Altona Official Misused $23,500
… in pocketing public money,” said DiNapoli. “Unfortunately, my office continues to uncover instances such as this where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-town-altona-official-misused-23500Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity April 1, 2021 Through September 30, 2021
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s (Department) eMedNY system reasonably ensured that … was actually provided; $482,074 was paid for practitioner, clinic, inpatient, episodic home health care, and psychiatric … claims that did not comply with Medicaid policies, such as billing in excess of permitted limits; $354,475 was paid for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/08/19/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-april-1-2021-through-september-30-2021Medicaid Program – Claims Processing Activity October 1, 2021 Through March 31, 2022
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Health’s (Department’s) eMedNY system reasonably ensured that … third-party health insurance; $8.9 million was paid for clinic, practitioner, inpatient, managed care, and laboratory … $104,594 was paid for inpatient claims that were billed at a higher level of care than what was actually provided. As a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/12/13/medicaid-program-claims-processing-activity-october-1-2021-through-march-31-2022Implementation of Suicide Prevention Task Force Recommendations
… Objective To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) implemented the recommendations made by … Prevention Task Force to facilitate greater access, awareness, collaboration, and support of effective suicide … relationship, job, school, or financial concerns; mental illness; substance use disorder; social isolation; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/12/16/implementation-suicide-prevention-task-force-recommendationsOversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law
… Conservation (Department) has adequately monitored and enforced compliance with the New York State Rechargeable Battery Law to promote the proper disposal of lithium-ion and other types of rechargeable batteries. The audit covered … of Environmental Conservation has adequately monitored and enforced compliance with the New York State Rechargeable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/06/29/oversight-and-enforcement-rechargeable-battery-lawXII.8 Overview – XII. Expenditures
… is routed to the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) for audit. The OSC approves the voucher. The Treasury …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii-overviewMedicaid Overpayments for Inpatient Care Involving Mechanical Ventilation Services (Follow-Up)
… to use the proper ICD procedure code that represents the duration of time the patient received mechanical ventilation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/medicaid-overpayments-inpatient-care-involving-mechanical-ventilation-services-followEmpire BlueCross – Improper Payments for Special Items Billed by Hospitals Within Long Island Health Network
… York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP), administered by the Department of Civil Service (Civil Service), provides … (e.g., implants, drugs, and blood) that are not covered by standard fee schedules. Under Empire’s contract with Long …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/29/empire-bluecross-improper-payments-special-items-billed-hospitals-within-long-island-healthLocal Government Ethics
… Ethics – A.8505 (Thiele) – Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees, codes of ethics and boards of ethics; permits local codes of ethics … Relates to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees codes of ethics and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/local-government-ethics-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 1586
… on the spreadsheet are updated with valid chart of account strings. If the chartfield string is lapsing on … If the ZZZ position pool also contains a lapsing account code, OSC Payroll will contact the agency to make the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1586-sfs-chartfield-strings-payserv-09152017-09292017-lapse-datesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1418
… appear on the spreadsheet are updated with valid chart of account strings. If the chartfield string is lapsing on … If the ZZZ position pool also contains a lapsing account code, OSC Payroll will contact your agency to make …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1418-sfs-chartfield-strings-payserv-09152015-09302015-lapse-datesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1612
… fringe benefits such as the Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement are considered taxable income. … in the PEF or CSEA Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement Program Effective Date(s) … compensation. Tax Information Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement is considered a taxable fringe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1612-certification-licensure-and-exam-fee-reimbursement-clefr-2017State Agencies Bulletin No. 1436
… fringe benefits such as the Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement are considered taxable income. … in the PEF or CSEA Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement Program Effective Date(s) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1436-certification-licensure-and-exam-fee-reimbursement-clefr-2015State Agencies Bulletin No. 1458
… postal format requirements. Please see the attached list of countries and field requirements that have been set up in … indicate the actual country name and will include examples of acceptable formatting. The agency payroll officer will … to PayServ, the address formatting will be subject to all of the configuration as if it were manually entered into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1458-new-functionality-employee-address-fields-payservState Agencies Bulletin No. 1463
… Purpose To notify agencies of the new voluntary long-term care … Agency Actions Notify affected employees. Questions To obtain authorization forms or eligibility information, … Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Deductions mailbox. … To notify agencies of the new voluntary longterm care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1463-new-deduction-code-529-new-york-state-police-investigators-associationState Agencies Bulletin No. 1464
… Purpose To notify agencies of the new voluntary supplemental life insurance established for PBANYS members. … To notify agencies of the new voluntary supplemental life insurance established for PBANYS members …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1464-new-deduction-code-528-police-benevolent-association-new-york-stateState Agencies Bulletin No. 1522
… fringe benefits such as the Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement are considered taxable income. … in the PEF or CSEA Certification, Licensure and Exam Fee Reimbursement Program Effective Date(s) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1522-certification-licensure-and-exam-fee-reimbursement-clefr-2016State Agencies Bulletin No. 1666
… pools in PayServ using the new process created with the COA conversion implemented in June 2015. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1666-sfs-chartfield-strings-payserv-09142018-09282018-lapse-dates