Finding 1160206 (2024-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
$1
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-10-08
Audit: 370586
Organization: Empower 'u', Inc. (FL)

AI Summary

  • Answer: Keep all billing support documents for audits.
  • Trend: Retaining documentation helps ensure compliance and accountability.
  • List: Review current practices, implement a retention policy, and train staff on documentation requirements.

Finding Text

Recommendation - Support for all billing should be retained for audit purposes.

Corrective Action Plan

Client Response - During FY 2024 and part of FY 2025, the organization experienced front desk personnel turnover and operational disruptions due to facility remodeling, which required multiple relocations of staff and records. These factors contributed to gaps in the availability of supporting documentation needed to validate certain patient billing amounts. Management acknowledges the importance of retaining complete and accurate documentation to support billing, particularly for services subject to the sliding fee scale. While only a portion of the tested items were impacted, we recognize that missing documentation created the appearance of errors that could not be recalculated during audit testing. To address this, the organization is implementing corrective measures, including: • Strengthening record retention procedures to ensure all supporting documentation for billing and sliding fee scale adjustments is readily available for review. • Enhancing training for staff on billing documentation requirements tied to federal program compliance. • Establishing periodic internal reviews to confirm that billing aligns with program rules and is fully supported.

Categories

Questioned Costs

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.928 Special Projects of National Significance $467,238
93.914 Hiv Emergency Relief Project Grants $420,004
14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids $405,068
93.224 Health Center Program (community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and Public Housing Primary Care) $368,726
93.918 Grants to Provide Outpatient Early Intervention Services with Respect to Hiv Disease $123,291
93.940 Hiv Prevention Activities Health Department Based $64,647
93.526 Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers $45,767
93.498 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan (arp) Rural Distribution $12,480
93.527 Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program $11,405