Finding Text
Program Affected: 93.829 Section 223 Demonstration Programs to Improve Community Mental Health Services, agreement period February 15, 2021 through August 14, 2023.
Criteria: The Provider shall submit all of the reports listed to the Agency in accordance with the established deadlines. The Provider understands that the reports are due within the timeframes established and that the Agency will not make subsequent payment installments under this Agreement until such reports are received, reviewed, and accepted.
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: This finding was reported in the prior year as Finding 2022-002.
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.