Department: Health and Human Services Title: Internal control over Income Eligibility and Verification System procedures needs improvement Questioned Costs: None Status: Management?s opinion is that corrective action is not required Corrective Action: The Department disagrees with this finding. The ...
Department: Health and Human Services Title: Internal control over Income Eligibility and Verification System procedures needs improvement Questioned Costs: None Status: Management?s opinion is that corrective action is not required Corrective Action: The Department disagrees with this finding. The Office for Family Independence (OFI) has conducted the required IEVS eligibility verifications. Additionally, sufficient evidence of these efforts has been provided to the Office of the State Auditor so that audit procedures can be performed in accordance with Federal regulations. OFI utilizes the Federally provided IEVS system which integrates the three named population groups (Medicaid, SNAP, TANF). The IEVS discrepancy reports have not contained Federal program indicators since program inception over 20 years ago. This is consistent with the methodology utilized by the Social Security Administration, as they too group the OFI programs together in their discrepancy reports. These same reports have been provided for prior Single Audits without being considered an exception condition. Upon request, the Department provided OSA: 1. All IEVS discrepancy reports for State fiscal year 2022, containing cases for Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF. 2. A complete listing of all TANF cases subject to IEVS in State fiscal year 2022. 3. Access to our Automated Client Eligibility System, which documents all IEVS related case notes. Completion Date: N/A Agency Contact: Anthony Pelotte, Director, Office for Family Independence, DHHS, 207-624-4104