Audit 349132

FY End
2024-06-30
Total Expended
$23.27M
Findings
6
Programs
41
Organization: Avera Health (SD)
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2025-03-27
Auditor: Eide Bailly LLP

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
538104 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - AB
538105 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - ABH
538106 2024-002 Significant Deficiency - AB
1114546 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - AB
1114547 2024-001 Significant Deficiency - ABH
1114548 2024-002 Significant Deficiency - AB

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $8.35M Yes 1
93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement $1.72M Yes 1
16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/discretionary Grants $910,423 Yes 1
10.855 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants $741,001 - 0
93.884 Primary Care Training and Enhancement $592,002 - 0
93.391 Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local and Territorial (stlt) Health Department Response to Public Health Or Healthcare Crises $549,700 - 0
20.509 Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program $276,155 - 0
93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs $271,330 - 0
93.393 Cancer Cause and Prevention Research $233,717 - 0
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $220,000 - 0
93.359 Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention Grants $216,404 - 0
93.155 Rural Health Research Centers $194,579 Yes 0
93.838 Lung Diseases Research $182,187 - 0
93.732 Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants $154,032 - 0
93.395 Cancer Treatment Research $141,251 - 0
10.331 Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program $91,622 - 0
93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs $81,653 - 0
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $64,478 - 0
16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program $53,980 - 0
93.310 Trans-Nih Research Support $44,091 - 0
93.211 Rural Telemedicine Grants $43,344 - 0
97.008 Non-Profit Security Program $40,000 - 0
93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research $28,329 - 0
16.589 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Assistance Program $27,094 - 0
10.557 Wic Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $26,757 - 0
93.301 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program $26,622 - 0
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $25,201 - 0
20.513 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities $21,026 - 0
93.191 Graduate Psychology Education $16,216 - 0
93.859 Biomedical Research and Research Training $14,496 - 0
93.926 Healthy Start Initiative $10,957 - 0
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $10,906 - 0
93.959 Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse $7,734 - 0
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $6,467 - 0
93.273 Alcohol Research Programs $3,791 - 0
93.800 Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening $2,668 - 0
93.853 Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders $2,000 - 0
16.026 Ovw Research and Evaluation Program $1,615 - 0
93.991 Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $1,500 - 0
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $857 - 0
93.778 Medical Assistance Program $792 - 0

Contacts

Name Title Type
N3MLDJDPQAA3 John Neth Auditee
6053224588 Ashley Brandt-Duda Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Basis of Presentation Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting, except for subrecipient expenditures, which are recorded on the cash basis. When applicable, such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: Avera Health and Avera McKennan have negotiated indirect rates. All other sponsored organizations of the Organization have elected to use the 10% de minimis cost rate. The accompanying consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the schedule) includes the federal award activity of Avera Health (Organization) under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2024. The information is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Organization, it is not intended to and does not present the consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of operations, consolidated changes in net assets or consolidated cash flows of the Organization.
Title: WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting, except for subrecipient expenditures, which are recorded on the cash basis. When applicable, such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: Avera Health and Avera McKennan have negotiated indirect rates. All other sponsored organizations of the Organization have elected to use the 10% de minimis cost rate. Federal reimbursements for the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, CFDA #10.557, are not based upon specific expenditures. Therefore, the amounts reported in the consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards represent cash received rather than federal expenditures.
Title: Principles of Consolidation Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting, except for subrecipient expenditures, which are recorded on the cash basis. When applicable, such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: Avera Health and Avera McKennan have negotiated indirect rates. All other sponsored organizations of the Organization have elected to use the 10% de minimis cost rate. The consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards includes the federal grant activity of Avera Health and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, Avera Health) which received federal financial assistance. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated schedule of expenditures of federal awards. The following entities and their associated TIN numbers included within the schedule are as follows: Avera At Home – TIN#460399291, Avera Holy Family – TIN#420680370, Avera Health – TIN#460422673, Avera St. Anthony’s – TIN#470463911, Avera St. Benedict’s – TIN#460226738, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital – TIN#460225483, Avera St. Luke’s – TIN#460224598, Avera St. Mary’s – TIN#460230199, Avera Gettysburg – TIN#460234354, Avera Granite Falls – TIN#843156881, Avera McKennan – TIN#460224743, Avera Marshall – TIN#410919153, Avera Queen of Peace – TIN#460224604, Avera Tyler – TIN#410853163, and Heart Hospital of South Dakota – TIN#562143771.

Finding Details

Department of Justice Federal Financial Assistance Listing #16.582 Crime Victim Assistance Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Department of Health and Human Services Federal Financial Assistance Listing #93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs, Period of Performance Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs and period of performance identified five employee timecards that were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Cause: There was a lapse the internal control process which allowed the employees to approve their own timecards in these instances. Effect: The lack of a secondary review of employee timecards could result in improper expenditures being allocated to the federal award. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of 48 transactions was selected for testing for program 16.582, which accounted for $159,466 of $529,020 of federal program payroll expenditures. One employee timecard was not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. A non-statistical sample of 60 transactions was selected for testing for program 93.912, which accounted for $109,039 of $1,092,627 of federal program payroll expenditures. four employee timecards were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding employee timecard approvals to ensure that all timecards are reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.
Department of Justice Federal Financial Assistance Listing #16.582 Crime Victim Assistance Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Department of Health and Human Services Federal Financial Assistance Listing #93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs, Period of Performance Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs and period of performance identified five employee timecards that were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Cause: There was a lapse the internal control process which allowed the employees to approve their own timecards in these instances. Effect: The lack of a secondary review of employee timecards could result in improper expenditures being allocated to the federal award. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of 48 transactions was selected for testing for program 16.582, which accounted for $159,466 of $529,020 of federal program payroll expenditures. One employee timecard was not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. A non-statistical sample of 60 transactions was selected for testing for program 93.912, which accounted for $109,039 of $1,092,627 of federal program payroll expenditures. four employee timecards were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding employee timecard approvals to ensure that all timecards are reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.
Department of Homeland Security Federal Financial Assistance Listing #97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs identified instances where the monthly census data for one of the physical locations included within the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 which includes multiple locations was not able to be agreed directly to monthly census data obtained from the Organization as part of the audit process. Cause: Controls were not in place to ensure that the original monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 was maintained. Effect: A lack of controls related to the maintenance of the original monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 resulted in a reasonable possibility that the Organization would not be able to detect and correct noncompliance in a timely manner. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of eight months out of 36 total months were selected for testing. In four instances, the monthly census data for one location included within the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 which includes multiple locations was not able to be agreed directly to monthly census data obtained from the Organization as part of the audit process. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding the maintenance of monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.
Department of Justice Federal Financial Assistance Listing #16.582 Crime Victim Assistance Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Department of Health and Human Services Federal Financial Assistance Listing #93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs, Period of Performance Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs and period of performance identified five employee timecards that were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Cause: There was a lapse the internal control process which allowed the employees to approve their own timecards in these instances. Effect: The lack of a secondary review of employee timecards could result in improper expenditures being allocated to the federal award. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of 48 transactions was selected for testing for program 16.582, which accounted for $159,466 of $529,020 of federal program payroll expenditures. One employee timecard was not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. A non-statistical sample of 60 transactions was selected for testing for program 93.912, which accounted for $109,039 of $1,092,627 of federal program payroll expenditures. four employee timecards were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding employee timecard approvals to ensure that all timecards are reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.
Department of Justice Federal Financial Assistance Listing #16.582 Crime Victim Assistance Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Department of Health and Human Services Federal Financial Assistance Listing #93.912 Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs, Period of Performance Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs and period of performance identified five employee timecards that were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Cause: There was a lapse the internal control process which allowed the employees to approve their own timecards in these instances. Effect: The lack of a secondary review of employee timecards could result in improper expenditures being allocated to the federal award. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of 48 transactions was selected for testing for program 16.582, which accounted for $159,466 of $529,020 of federal program payroll expenditures. One employee timecard was not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. A non-statistical sample of 60 transactions was selected for testing for program 93.912, which accounted for $109,039 of $1,092,627 of federal program payroll expenditures. four employee timecards were not reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding employee timecard approvals to ensure that all timecards are reviewed and approved by an individual other than the employee. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.
Department of Homeland Security Federal Financial Assistance Listing #97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) Activities Allowed and Allowable Costs Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303 (a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal award that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal award in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and conditions of the federal award. Condition: Our testing over activities allowed and allowable costs identified instances where the monthly census data for one of the physical locations included within the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 which includes multiple locations was not able to be agreed directly to monthly census data obtained from the Organization as part of the audit process. Cause: Controls were not in place to ensure that the original monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 was maintained. Effect: A lack of controls related to the maintenance of the original monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 resulted in a reasonable possibility that the Organization would not be able to detect and correct noncompliance in a timely manner. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: A non-statistical sample of eight months out of 36 total months were selected for testing. In four instances, the monthly census data for one location included within the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19 which includes multiple locations was not able to be agreed directly to monthly census data obtained from the Organization as part of the audit process. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: We recommend the Organization review and strengthen the controls surrounding the maintenance of monthly census data used in the calculation of contracted labor related to COVID-19. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.