Institutional Federal Compliance Report 2021

ANDREWM. CUOMO Governor ROBERT F. MUJICA JR. Director of the Budget

SANDRA L. BEATTIE Deputy Director

2017-18 Prior-Year Finding Summary

Prior-Year Audit Period: State Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 201 5

Department of Health

State Agency:

Single Audit Contact:

Lori Conway

Title:

Associate Accountant

Telephone:

518-473-3920

E-mail Address:

Lori.Conway@health.ny.gov

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Prior-Year Audit Report Page Reference:

2015-027

Prior-Year Finding Number:

Status Report on Prior-Year Finding:

Since 2016 the NYS VFC Program has been utilizing the Provider Education Assessment and Reporting (PEAR) system as the gold standard for tracking compliance with required site visits. The CDC added functionality in 2016 to more easily monitor ‘months since last visit’ on the 24- month visit cycle. The Program no longer utilizes the Vaccine Tracking System (VtrckS) as a tool for tracking visits, only as a system for keeping provider address and contact information current. While the Bureau of Immunization still distributes a list of VFC providers to the Department regional staff to help schedule site visits, all regional staff have access to PEAR and the 24-month monitoring flags included in PEAR. This system is monitored routinely by all staff, with additional periodic reminders and updates from the Vaccine Program Manager (Kara Connelly) and the Vaccine Program Policy Compliance/Quality Improvement Team Lead (Patricia Deyo).

Progress Update:

Partially Corrected.

Anticipated Completion Date:

December 1, 2018 .

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