Report 2021-046 Recommendation 5 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 #5 To: Health Care Services, Department of

To comply with state law, reduce the amount of time it takes to suspend providers from delivering Medi-Cal services, and better protect Medi-Cal beneficiaries from potentially ineligible providers, DHCS should, by June 2023, begin issuing temporary provider suspensions or temporary payment suspensions when permissible or required by state law while it engages in the process of issuing a mandatory provider suspension.

6-Month Agency Response

Health Care Services did not submit a response to this recommendation.

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.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken


All Recommendations in 2021-046

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.