Office of the State Auditor




Fiscal Year 2019 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY 2019
Budgetary
Recommendation
FY 2019
Federal, Trust,
and ISF
FY 2019
Total
Spending
FY 2019
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Office of the State Auditor 18,531 250 18,781 0

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account description amount
OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR 18,781,085
Budgetary Recommendation 18,531,085
0710-0000 OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR ADMINISTRATION
For the office of the state auditor, including the review and monitoring of privatization contracts in accordance with sections 52 to 55, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws
14,755,985
0710-0100 DIVISION OF LOCAL MANDATES
For the operation of the division of local mandates
361,861
0710-0200 BUREAU OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
For the operation of the bureau of special investigations; provided, that the office shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance detailing the total amount of fraudulently obtained benefits identified by the bureau, the total value of settlement restitution payments, actual monthly collections and any circumstances that produce shortfalls in collections
1,782,226
0710-0225 MEDICAID AUDIT UNIT
For the operation of the Medicaid audit unit within the division of audit operations to prevent and identify fraud and abuse in the MassHealth system; provided, that the federal reimbursement for any expenditure from this item shall not be less than 50 per cent; provided further, that the division shall submit a report not later than March 16, 2019 to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the executive office for administration and finance detailing all findings on activities and payments made through the MassHealth system; provided further, that the report shall include, to the extent available, a review of all post-audit efforts undertaken by MassHealth to recoup payments owed to the commonwealth due to identified MassHealth fraud and abuse; provided further, that the report shall include the responses of MassHealth to the most recent post-audit review survey, including the status of recoupment efforts; and provided further, that the report shall include the unit's recommendations to enhance recoupment efforts
1,175,437
0710-0300 ENHANCED BUREAU OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
For costs of the bureau of special investigations related to the use of data analytic techniques to identify fraud in public assistance programs
455,576

account description amount
Trust Spending 250,000
0710-0066 AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT 250,000


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