Finding Text
Program Affected: 93.498 Provider Relief Fund and American Rescue Plan Rural Distribution, agreement period January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.
Criteria: The provider relief fund reporting portal was launched on July 1, 2021. The Provider shall submit the report through the portal in accordance with the established deadlines.
Condition and Context: Of the one report haphazardly selected for testing, it was unable to be tested as it was not provided.
Questioned Costs: None noted.
Identification of Repeat Findings: N/A
Cause and Effect: There is a systemic problem, due to inadequate procedures, there is no consistent process to retain reports, submissions, and review of reports. This noncompliance could result in payments under the contract being delayed.
Recommendation: BerryDunn recommends the Agency retain correspondence between staff to review reports prior to submission. Furthermore, when submitting a report through an online portal, we recommend a screen print is retained with a time stamp.
Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding. See attached Planned Corrective Actions.