State Survey Analysis Report
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VI. Identification and Assessment of Improper Payments
Assessment or Analysis of Uses of Program Funds
4. For which of the following uses of program funds has your State performed an assessment or analysis to determine whether the program is at risk of improper payments: Agency error or fraud, provider error or fraud, client/parent error or fraud, payments to service providers, payments to clients and other (please specify)?
Exhibit 4 illustrates that slightly more than half of the State agencies perform assessment or analyses of all of the following uses of program funds to determine the risk of improper payments: agency, provider, or client/parent error or fraud, payments to service providers, clients, and other.
Exhibit 4. Assessment or Analysis of Uses of Program Funds |
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| State | Error or Fraud | Payments to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agency | Provider | Client/Parent | Service Providers | Clients | Other | |
| Alabama* | ||||||
| Arizona | X | X | X | X | X | |
| California (DE) | X | X | X | X | ||
| California (DSS) | X | X | X | X | ||
| Connecticut | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| District of Columbia | X | |||||
| Georgia | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Kansas | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Kentucky | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Maryland | X | |||||
| Massachusetts | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Minnesota | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Mississippi | X | |||||
| Montana | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Nebraska | X | X | X | X | X | |
| New Hampshire | X | X | ||||
| North Carolina | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Ohio* | ||||||
| Oklahoma* | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | X | X | ||||
| Utah | X | X | ||||
| Washington | X | X | X | X | X | |
| West Virginia* | ||||||
| Wisconsin | X | |||||
| Total: | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 |
| Those that did not provide an answer: | ||||||
| Missouri | ||||||
*State did not collect data
Fifteen State agencies report performing assessments/analysis of client/parent error or fraud to determine the risk of improper payments (AZ, CA(DE), CA(DSS), CT, GA, KS, KY, MA, MN, MT, NE, NC, PR, UT, WA).
Fifteen State agencies report assessment/analysis of provider error or fraud to determine the risk of improper payments (AZ, CA(DE), CA(DSS), CT, GA, KS, KY, MA, MN, MT, NE, NH, NC, PR, WA).
Fourteen State agencies report the assessment/analysis of agency error or fraud to determine the risk of improper payments (AZ, CA(DE), CA(DSS), CT, GA, KS, KY, MA, MN, MT, NE, NH, NC, WA).
Fourteen State agencies report performing assessment/analysis of payments to service providers to determine the risk of improper payments (AZ, CA(DE), CA(DSS), CT, DC, GA, KS, KY, MA, MN, MT, NE, NC, WA).
Twelve State agencies report performing assessment/analysis for payments to clients to determine the risk of improper payments (AZ, CT, GA, KS, KY, MA, MN, MT, NE, NC, UT, WA).
Six State agencies report “Other” assessment/analysis activities to determine the risk of improper payments (CT, MD, MN, MS, NC, WI). This includes references to employee fraud (CT), funding level (NC), and practices and procedures (MD, MN, MS, WI). (See Appendix 4.)