Report 2011-104 Recommendations
When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below, is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor's assessment of auditee's response based on our review of the supporting documentation.
Recommendations in Report 2011-104: Medi-Cal Managed Care Program: The Departments of Managed Health Care and Health Care Services Could Improve Their Oversight of Local Initiatives Participating in the Medi-Cal Two-Plan Model (Release Date: December 2011)
| Recommendations to Health Care Services, Department of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 2 | To ensure that all four financial soundness elements included in Health Care Services' contract are being reviewed, it should conduct financial reviews consistently and update its review tool to include working capital. |
Fully Implemented |
| 3 | Health Care Services should develop a formal policy to ensure that it conducts financial reviews in a timely manner. |
Fully Implemented |
| 4 | To make its financial solvency reviews more efficient and reduce the risk of errors, Health Care Services should coordinate with Managed Health Care when analyzing local initiatives' consolidated financial reports. |
Fully Implemented |
| 6 | Health Care Services should ensure that it performs annual medical audits of local initiatives as required by law. |
Fully Implemented |
| Recommendations to Managed Health Care, Department of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 1 | To monitor local initiatives' financial viability and compliance with the Knox-Keene Act requirements, Managed Health Care should develop a formal policy to ensure that it reviews financial reports in a timely manner, and that administrative expenses are correctly categorized. |
Fully Implemented |
| 5 | To ensure that local initiatives implement corrective action plans, Managed Health Care should devise a more effective process to track, monitor, and review the status of local initiatives' corrective actions as they relate to financial examination requirements. |
Fully Implemented |
| 7 | Managed Health Care should ensure that it obtains timely medical audits from Health Care Services. If it is unable to obtain timely medical audits from Health Care Services, it should conduct them itself. |
Fully Implemented |