Finding 1678 (2023-004)

Finding: 2023-004 Non-cooperation with Child Support Procedures SIGNIFICANT DEFICENCY ELIGIBILITY Criteria: The Child Support Enforcement Agency (IV-D) can assist the family in obtaining financial and/or medical support or medical support payments from the child’s non-custodial parent. Cooperation requirement with Social Services and Child Support Agencies must be met or good cause for not cooperating must be established when determining Medicaid eligibility. Condition: There were 1 errors discovered during our procedures that referrals between DSS and Child Support Agencies were not properly made. Questioned Costs: There was no known affect to eligibility and there were no known questioned costs. Context: "We examined 60 cases from of a total of 1,034,423 Medicaid claims from the Medicaid beneficiary report provided by NC Department of Health and Human Services to re-determine eligibility. These findings are being reported with the financial statement audit as it relates to Medicaid administrative cost compliance audit. " Effect: For those certifications/re-certifications there was a chance that information was not properly documented and reconciled to NC FAST and applicants could have been approved for benefits for which they were not eligible. Cause: Error in reading the ACTS report and/or ineffective case review process. Recommendation: Files should be reviewed internally to ensure proper information is in place and necessary procedures are taken when determining eligibility. The results found or documentation made in case notes should clearly indicate what actions were performed and the results of those actions. Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: The County agrees with the finding. See Corrective Action Plan in the following section.