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TYPES OF WASTE, ABUSE AND FRAUD
Audit (Contractor and Vendor)

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The Audit section conducts audits and reviews of health and human services system contracts and grants to: 

  • Determine contractors' and grantees' compliance with federal, state and agency requirements and
  • Reduce the potential for waste, abuse and fraud of federal and/or state funds.

Contractors, grantees or their employees should be referred to the Audit section when suspected of waste, abuse or fraud activities including but not limited to:

  • Claims for: 
    • Unallowable expenditures
    • Expenditures not made
    • Services not provided
    • Services provided to ineligible clients; and/or
    • Improperly licensed or contracted facilities
  • Inappropriate expenditures of patients personal funds including trust funds
  • Over-collection of applied income or co-payment amounts; and,
  • Questionable preparation of cost reports.

Need to reach the Audit section directly? Please call 512-491-2873. You may also reach Audit by fax, 512-833-6543.


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