Finding 32598 (2022-003)

Identification of the Federal Program: U.S. Department of Agriculture ? Community Facilities Loans and Grants Cluster, Community Facilities Loans and Grants ? 10.766 Criteria: The Hospital must establish and maintain effective internal control over federal awards that provides reasonable assurance that the Hospital is managing the federal awards in compliance with federal statutes, regulations and terms and conditions of the federal award. 2 CFR 200.327 and 2 CFR 200.328 require the auditee to collect financial information and monitor its activities under federal awards to assure compliance with applicable federal requirements and performance expectations are being achieved and report these items in accordance with program requirements. Terms and conditions of the federal award require the audited financial statements to be provided to the federal agency annually within 9 months of fiscal year-end. Condition: The Hospital did not submit the audited financial statements within the prescribed period or the agency approved extended period. The audited financial statements are readily available to the federal agency through the federal clearinghouse website. Cause: The Hospital did not have a control in place to assure proper submission of the report. Effect: The required report was not submitted timely to the federal agency. Questioned Costs: None reported. Context: Sampling was not used. Recommendation: We recommend management implement procedures to ensure that the required financial reports are submitted in a timely manner in accordance with the terms and conditions of the federal award. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. See Corrective Action Plan.