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.
- 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.