Swope Health Services

2023-001 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 - Provider Relief Fund (PRF) and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution ALN 93.498 Federal Award Year: 2023 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency Finding: Swope Health Services and Subsidiaries expended federal funding on an invoice with a service period outside of the Period of Availability for Period 5 of the Provider Relief Fund. Criteria: Provider Relief Fund disbursements are separated into various reporting periods based on the timing of the original payment received by the Organization. The Organization received funding under Period 5 that has a period of availability of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023. All expenditures reimbursed by the Period 5 funds must be incurred within this period. Condition: The Organization used PRF funding to cover the cost of a patient registration program for one year. The con…

Corrective action: Identifying Number: 2023-001 Finding: Swope Health Services and Subsidiaries expended federal funding on an invoice with a service period outside of the Period of Availability for Period 5 of the Provider Relief Fund. Corrective Actions Taken or Planned: Management will evaluate and alter the accounts payable invoice review process as necessary to mitigate the risk of inaccurate recording of prepaid expenditures, as was the case in this finding. Management will consider the need to reorganize the assignment of duties as they pertain to the processing and review of invoices and vendor payments to ensure a sufficient level of review of material transactions to ensure accurate accounting of…

GSA_MIGRATION

Corrective action: GSA_MIGRATION