REPORT DIGEST
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES
FINANCIAL AUDIT
For the Year Ended: June 30, 2010
Summary of Findings:
Total this audit: 2
Total last audit: 4
Repeated from last audit: 1
Release Date: May 12, 2011
State of Illinois, Office of the Auditor General
WILLIAM G. HOLLAND, AUDITOR GENERAL
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INTRODUCTION
This report covers our financial audit of the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services for the year ended June 30, 2010. A State compliance examination covering the
two years ended June 30, 2011 will be performed next year.
SYNOPSIS
• The Department’s year-end financial reporting was not
timely completed and contained weaknesses and inaccuracies.
• The Department failed to have a documented written
rate-setting methodology for the calculation of the Teachers’ Retirement
Insurance Program premiums.
FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION
The Department’s year-end financial reporting in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) submitted to the Illinois
Office of the Comptroller (Comptroller) contained weaknesses and inaccuracies.
Several errors were identified during the audit of the
Department’s draft financial statements.
The Department’s financial statements were adjusted for the following
reporting errors:
• An adjustment identified by management totaling $524.937
million was made to restate accounts payable as of July 1, 2009 due to an
inaccurate estimate of the Department’s medical accrual liability.
• An adjustment identified by management totaling $336.547
million was made to recognize Medicare Part A and B expenditures that were owed
to the federal government. Instead of
the Department paying the federal government with a warrant, the federal
government reduced the Department’s receipts from federal reimbursement. As a result, expenditures and federal
receipts were increased $336.547 million to reflect these transactions.
• The Department and the Comptroller recorded a total of
$11.001 million of transfers to other funds and $5.533 million of health and
social service expenditures due to the Department reporting payments that were
processed by the Department prior to June 30, 2010 but had not been paid by the
Comptroller after June 30, 2010.
• The Department allocated the incorrect amount of current
spending paid from the General Revenue Fund for the State Employees Health
Insurance Plan. As a result, $24.199
million was not reclassified from the health and social services expenditures
to the appropriate expenditure functions.
• Receivables totaling $16.830 million were overstated due
to the Department not recognizing a cash payment that was received by the
Department prior to June 30, 2010.
• Revenues from expenditures that qualify for federal
reimbursement totaling $38.466 million were not recorded in the financial
statements as a due from federal government and unavailable revenue. The receipts were not collected within the
available period of 60 days.
• Liabilities related to medical accrual were incorrectly
calculated resulting in accounts payable and health and social service
expenditures to be understated $10.658 million.
• Receivables totaling $4.585 million were recognized as
revenues instead of deferred revenue.
The receipts were not collected within the available period of 60 days.
• Payments to local governments totaling $2.160 million were
classified as accounts payable instead of due to other governments – local.
Also, we noted 13 of 33 (39%) GAAP Reporting Packages were
not submitted to the Comptroller in a timely manner. The GAAP Reporting Packages were submitted to
the Comptroller 3 to 19 days late.
Further, a complete set of the Department’s financial statements were
not provided to the auditors until November 30, 2010, 15 days after the
required due date. (Finding 1, pages
56-58 of the Financial Report)
We recommended the Department implement additional internal
control procedures to ensure GAAP Reporting Packages are prepared in an
accurate and timely manner.
Department officials concurred with our recommendation and
stated that the Department is continually assessing the financial reporting
process and implementing procedures to improve upon timeliness and
accuracy. This is an ongoing effort and
the Department continues to strive to meet the mandated deadlines.
LACK OF WRITTEN RATE-SETTING METHODOLOGY
The Department did not have a documented written rate-setting
methodology to calculate the insurance rates that are used to determine the
premium rates charged to participants for the Teachers’ Retirement Insurance
Program (TRIP).
Auditors met with Department personnel to discuss the
process of calculating insurance rates that are used to determine premium
rates. During this discussion, the
Department walked the auditors through a series of spreadsheets containing
historical and current insurance costs, revenues and cash flow information for
TRIP. The Department calculates
insurance rates, which are based on, but not limited to costs, cash flows, and
utilization levels. The Department then
develops the premium rates that are charged for TRIP based on the calculated
insurance rates and statutory limitations on the maximum premium rates that can
be charged in a fiscal year. Auditors
did not have any exceptions relating to incorrect premium rates being charged
to participants for TRIP.
However, we noted that only one individual is involved in
calculating the insurance rates and there was no written rate-setting
methodology of how this individual calculates the TRIP insurance rates.
Additionally, there was no formal process for a documented review of the
insurance rate calculation.
Further, auditors noted that the Department did provide the
Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois by April 15th with
historical and projected data on enrollment, utilization, and costs of TRIP
information which is used to determine the amount of health care premiums
charged to participants in TRIP; however, there was no rate-setting methodology
provided explaining where the information was obtained from and what
information was used to determine the premium rates. (Finding 2, pages 59-60 of the Financial
Report)
We recommended the Department develop a formal written
rate-setting methodology as required by the State Employees Group Insurance
Act.
Department officials concurred with our recommendation and
stated that the Department will develop a formal written rate-setting
methodology used to determine the premium rates for the Teachers’ Retirement
Insurance Program.
AUDITORS’ OPINION
Our auditors stated the Department’s financial statements as
of and for the year ended June 30, 2010 are fairly presented in all material
respects.
WILLIAM G. HOLLAND
Auditor General
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AUDITORS ASSIGNED
This audit was performed by the Office of the Auditor General’s staff.