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Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Inspector General -- AUDIT

"Review of the Medicaid Program's Use of Consultants on a Contingency Fee Basis," (A-04-05-00015)

February 27, 2007

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Our objective was to determine the reasonableness and allowability of Medicaid costs claimed for reimbursement by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (the State agency) as a result of contingency fee arrangements with consultants. The State agency overstated its claims for reimbursement by $125,361 (Federal share) for cost report adjustments owing to the use of misclassified expense data during computation of the claim.

We recommended that the State agency refund $125,361. The State agency agreed.