Report 2021-046 Recommendation 3 Responses
Report 2021-046: Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax: The Department of Health Care Services Is Not Adequately Monitoring Provider Payments Funded by Tobacco Taxes (Release Date: November 2022)
Recommendation #3 To: Health Care Services, Department of
To ensure that managed care plans issue Proposition 56 supplemental payments only when providers have actually performed the services in question, DHCS should do the following:
-By June 2023, investigate those instances in which managed care plans were unable to provide evidence that the medical services we reviewed were provided. After determining why the managed care plans lacked this evidence, it should use its corrective action plan process to implement additional monitoring and oversight of those managed care plans.
6-Month Agency Response
Health Care Services did not submit a response to this recommendation.
- Estimated Completion Date: unknown
- Response Date: October 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
60-Day Agency Response
Health Care Services did not submit a response to this recommendation.
- Estimated Completion Date: unknown
- Response Date: March 2023
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
All Recommendations in 2021-046
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.