Financial Audit of the Department of Health

Report No. 95-13

Summary

Our 1992 report, Financial Audit of the Department of Health, Report No. 92-30, found that the department's contracting practices failed to assure that legislatively mandated services were provided to the public in a manner that safeguarded the interests of the department, service providers, and recipients of services.  We also found some weaknesses in the department's financial management.  In our l995 follow-up, Report No. 95-13, we found that the department has made progress in several areas.  However, the department still needs to ensure timely execution of purchase of service contacts, develop written contract monitoring standards for its divisions, deposit and record receipts in a timely manner, and comply with state requirements on reporting equipment acquisitions.