New York Claimed Some Unallowable Costs for Services by New York State Providers Under the State’s Developmental Disabilities Waiver Program (A-02-10-01044)

The report was released in January 2015 by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For this analysis, the OIG reviewed a random sample of developmental disability waiver claims submitted by the New York Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) for calendar years 2006 through 2008. The OIG reviewed a random sample of 137 beneficiary months found 37 that did not comply with waiver requirements for the written plan of care. The value of the improper claims was $79,000. At this error rate, the OIG estimated that the . . .