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Quaker Street Fire District – Board Oversight (2021M-96)
Determine whether the Quaker Street Fire District’s (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) provided oversight to ensure purchases complied with the District’s procurement policy, claims were adequately reviewed, and financial reports (AUDs) were filed timely.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/quaker-street-fire-district-2021-96.pdfProject Tracking Systems and Economic Assistance Program Evaluations (2019-S-48)
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 and ensure programs meet desired outcomes.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2022-19s48.pdfClaims Processing Activity October 1, 2019 Through March 31, 2020 (2019-S-53) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Department of Health’s (Department) eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to the providers.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-19s53-response.pdfCompliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data) 2020-S-36
To determine whether the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is complying with Executive Order 95 (EO 95), including providing, in a timely manner, publishable State data to the Office of Information Technology Services under EO 95.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2021-20s36.pdfClaims Processing Activity April 1, 2019 Through September 30, 2019 (2019-S-12) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Department of Health’s (Department) eMedNY system reasonably ensured that Medicaid claims were submitted by approved providers, were processed in accordance with Medicaid requirements, and resulted in correct payments to the providers.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s12-response.pdfOpinion 94-9
… State, July 22, 1975; Memorandum to the Governor, by the New York State Publishers Association, July 18, 1975; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-9State Agencies Bulletin No. 2248
… inactive individuals who are 62 or older in the calendar year and to active employees with the New York Retiree … will be submitted to SSA after the close of the 2024 tax year. It is important that agencies ensure the New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2248-april-2023-and-2024-retroactive-increases-location-pay-and-location-midState Agencies Bulletin No. 2250
… inactive individuals who are 62 or older in the calendar year and to active employees with the New York Retiree … will be submitted to SSA after the close of the 2024 tax year. It is important that agencies ensure the New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2250-april-2023-and-2024-retroactive-increases-location-pay-and-location-midHamburg Recreation Worker Sentenced to Jail and Probation for Stealing $156K
… months of weekends in jail and five years of probation for her theft of $156,374, which she has now repaid. Joanne … Erickson, 54, took fees from 2011 to 2017, including money for children’s programs, according to an investigation and … defendant embezzled money intended to support programs for children in her community. My office will continue to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/hamburg-recreation-worker-sentenced-jail-and-probation-stealing-156kImproper Medicaid Payments for Individuals Receiving Hospice Services Covered by Medicare (Follow-Up)
… About the Program Hospice is a coordinated program of home and/or inpatient care that treats terminally ill individuals and their families. Hospice programs provide palliative care, … including hospice providers, to avoid duplicative or excessive services and payments. We issued our initial audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/02/13/improper-medicaid-payments-individuals-receiving-hospice-services-covered-medicare-followEfforts to Collect Tolls and Fees Using License Plate Images and Law Firms (Follow-Up)
… report, Efforts to Collect Tolls and Fees Using Images and Law Firms (Report 2017-S-70 ). About the Program The MTA is a public benefit corporation chartered by the New York State Legislature. TBTA, also known as MTA Bridges … Pass violations that have unpaid tolls after the due date on the second violation notice are sent to a collection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/07/efforts-collect-tolls-and-fees-using-license-plate-images-and-law-firms-followImproper Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Covered by Managed Long-Term Care Plans (Follow-Up)
… wish to stay in their homes and communities. MLTC plans offer a range of services, such as home health care, nursing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/08/31/improper-fee-service-payments-services-covered-managed-long-term-care-plans-followUnitedHealthcare – Overpayments for Out-of-Network Anesthesia Services Provided at In-Network Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Overpayments for Out-of-Network Anesthesia Services Provided at In-Network … on August 13, 2018, examined whether United overpaid for out-of-network anesthesia services provided at ASCs that … required to use in-network anesthesia providers. For the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2016, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/11/18/unitedhealthcare-overpayments-out-network-anesthesia-services-provided-network-ambulatoryOpinion 88-47
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (applicability of general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47DiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up 1.6% in First Quarter
… 1.6%, or $87.3 million, compared to the same quarter last year, the lowest rate of growth since the first quarter in … New York City, with several upstate regions experiencing a year-over-year decline for the quarter. “Local sales tax … first calendar quarter JanuaryMarch of 2024 an increase of 16 or $873 million compared to the same quarter last year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-16-first-quarterUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-339
… taxes and income taxes. Federal, State and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-339-april-2024-unified-court-system-ucs-judicial-longevity-paymentEden Central School District – Capital Project Management (2024M-83)
… the additional work. Officials did not seek competition for $3.2 million paid for change order work and professional services. Therefore, … York State Education Department (SED) in a timely manner for approval. Recommendations The audit report includes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/eden-central-school-district-capital-project-management-2024m-83Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-352
… agencies with instructions for manual payment of the 2025 Judicial Longevity Payment (JLP) and to provide … or greater than the maximum of their grade as of April 1, 2025; served the equivalent of 120 workdays in each fiscal … to be eligible for a Longevity Lump Sum payment in April 2025. Note: The 2021-2026 CSEA agreement phases out the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-352-april-2025-unified-court-system-ucs-judicial-longevity-paymentSelected Payments for Special Items Made to St. Francis Hospital of Poughkeepsie from January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011
… Plan. Empire processes Plan claims for hospital services in accordance with agreements they negotiate with member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/01/selected-payments-special-items-made-st-francis-hospital-poughkeepsie-january-1-2011State Comptroller DiNapoli & U.S. Attorney Announce Guilty Plea & Sentencing of Former Albany Resident for Defrauding NYS Retirement System of $130,624
… guilty plea and an order for restitution to the pension fund of $130,624," State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said. … South Carolina to accommodate the defendant’s health and living circumstances. Assistant United States Attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-us-attorney-announce-guilty-plea-sentencing-former-albany-resident