Report 2013-119 Recommendation 16 Responses
Report 2013-119: California Department of Health Care Services: Its Failure to Properly Administer the Drug Medi-Cal Treatment Program Created Opportunities for Fraud (Release Date: August 2014)
Recommendation #16 To: Health Care Services, Department of
To prevent the certification of ineligible providers, Health Care Services should immediately develop procedures on how to evaluate provider applicant license database searches.
6-Month Agency Response
DHCS has developed and will update, as appropriate, procedures on how to evaluate provider applicant license database searches. All PED staff that process applications are trained on state and federal program requirements and how to evaluate provider applicant license searches. Effective July 2013, trained staff were assigned to process DMC applications for recertification and effective January 2014, trained staff were assigned to process all new and backlogged certification applications. Any questions on licensing status are addressed through further research, a remediation request and onsite inspections to verify all standards of program participation are met by the DMC provider.
- Completion Date: January 2014
- Response Date: February 2015
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented
Health Care Services provided a copy of its Analyst Review Guide, in which analysts are instructed to verify information from the providers' applications. If Health Care Services' analysts review the databases specified in the guide, identify exceptions within those databases, and consult with their management appropriately, then these actions would adequately address the recommendation.
60-Day Agency Response
No update.
- Completion Date: January 2014
- Response Date: October 2014
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
Although Health Care Services indicated that it has fully implemented this recommendation, it has not provided any information to indicate that it has taken any action on this recommendation.
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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.