Finding 2022-002 Identification of the Federal Program: Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Assistance Listing: 93.498 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution Pass-Through Gr...
Finding 2022-002 Identification of the Federal Program: Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Assistance Listing: 93.498 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution Pass-Through Grantor: Not applicable Pass-Through Award Number: Not applicable Pass-Through Award Period: 1/1/2020-12/31/2022 (Periods 3 and 4) Summary of finding: Management?s internal controls over the review and interpretation of instructions related to the input of lost revenue into the HRSA PRF portal were not sufficient to ensure the lost revenue recorded in the General Distribution portal ?Total Lost Revenues for the Period of Availability (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022)? line did not include the lost revenues that had been transferred from the Parent to subsidiaries and recorded in the portal for the subsidiaries Targeted Distributions. Corrective Action Plan: When populating the Period 4 HRSA PRF portal for Spectrum Health System, Corewell Health West management was aware that the inputs were not considering the System lost revenue attributed to the affiliates appropriately. In order to communicate to the users of the portal and other auditors, Management included an excel tracking worksheet which was uploaded on the HRSA PRF portal showing the total lost revenue used as an organization and the remaining balance left to be used. When populating the Period 5 filing, due September 30, 2023, Corewell Health West Management will correctly input the lost revenue in the Parent submission in order to reflect the lost revenue used by the individual subsidiaries. Individual responsible for the corrective action: Cindy Brink, Director, System Accounting & Reporting Timing of the Corrective Action Period 5 HRSA PRF portal filing, due September 30, 2023.