Item: 2022-002
Assistance Listing Number: 93.498
Program: COVID-19 - Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Year: Period 2 Funds – Period of Availability January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021
Complianc...
Item: 2022-002
Assistance Listing Number: 93.498
Program: COVID-19 - Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Year: Period 2 Funds – Period of Availability January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2021
Compliance Requirement: Reporting
Criteria or Specific Requirement: Management is responsible for reporting complete and accurate usage of Provider Relief Funds to the Health Resources & Services Administrator (“HRSA”) for each applicable period.
Condition: Certain unreimbursed expenditures, totaling $479,490, reported by management as qualified expenditures for Period 2 within the HRSA Reporting Portal were improperly reported as all being incurred in Q3 of 2020 when in fact a portion of the expenses we incurred through and should have been reported in Q1 2020, Q2 2020, Q4 2020, Q1, 2021, Q2, 2021, Q3 2021 and Q4, 2021. However, we noted that all qualified expenditures were still incurred within the proper period of performance. Additionally, management did not retain proper documentation of the review and approval of the reporting submitted to HRSA.
Name of Contact Person: Janae Ben-Shabat, CFO
Phone Number: 480-516-3116
Anticipated Completion Date: March 31, 2024
Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Actions: Touchstone Behavioral Health d/b/a Touchstone Health Services will implement controls to ensure the proper review and approval of federal award reporting to the federal awarding and to ensure the reporting is accurate. Additionally, management will implement a review control such that an individual outside of the preparer reviews the federal award reporting.