Institutional Federal Compliance Report 2021

ANDREWM. CUOMO Governor ROBERT F. Mujica 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, 2017

State Agency:

Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

Single Audit Contact:

Kathleen Murphy

Title:

External Audit Coordinator

Telephone:

518-473-7159

E-mail Address:

kathleen.murphy@otda.ny.gov

Prior-Year Audit Report Page Reference:

27

Prior-Year Finding Number:

2017-008

Status Report on Prior-Year Finding:

DDD Medical Relations Offices (MROs) were provided with a credentialing form that provides links to the federal System for Award Management (SAM) and several additional NYS websites for license verification, along with dated reviews and reviewed by tracking. The form also includes a section for the MRO to verify the website used to confirm license review. All Consultative Examination (CE) providers are credentialed on a yearly basis and a copy of each form is kept in a shared location for statewide review. No CE provider will be used to perform a CE if they are not fully credentialed per the tracking sheet. As anticipated by the CAP, each DDD MRO completed annual credentialing, reported on the new form, by December 30, 2017. CE providers who did not respond to requests for credentialing documentation were inactivated from DDD’s CE provider panel. This is an ongoing action plan that is performed at least annually and includes quarterly samples for review. MROs continue the practice of sending a rolling quarterly sampling of providers to the SSA NY Regional Office for review.

Anticipated Completion Date: Corrective action taken and implemented