Report 2021-046 Recommendation 6 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 #6 To: Health Care Services, Department of

To prevent providers from billing for services performed by other providers that have been suspended, DHCS should, by June 2023, revise its policies and billing system to assess all service-rendering providers included in claim data and verify that they have not been suspended.

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.