001 Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services Recommendation: The Organization should design controls around an adequate review process to ensure that employee travel reimbursements are appropriate. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: The employee paid in error has returned the $140, and the proper employee has been paid. We believe it should be noted, that except for a keying error, Partners followed established policy and procedure. The employee in question submitted an accurate reimbursement form, which was supervisor-approved and reviewed by Payroll personnel. After payroll deposits went out and pay statements were made available, the employee in question did not notify Payroll staff of an error. Partners is working with a third-party vendor to more fully automate the process of travel reimbursements in the future. Given current demands on staff with Medicaid Transformation, we are unable to fully execute automation until January 2023. Until such time, an additional layer of management post payment review has been added to the process. Given the tight turn-around time between employee submission deadlines and payroll processing, it is not feasible for an additional detailed review beforehand. Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Susan Lackey, CFO Planned completion date for corrective action plan: Additional Review - September 30, 2022; Process Automation ? January 2023. If the Department of Health and Human Services has questions regarding this plan, please call Susan Lackey at 704-842-6310.