Her conclusion is “the Department of Health and Community Services is unable to ensure that public health care funds are distributed appropriately for services by providers.”
NL’s Auditor General has tabled a concerning audit on MCP and dental care plans. Denise Hanrahan tabled the document in the House of Assembly today. (march 19) her conclusion is “the Department of Health and Community Services is unable to ensure that public health care funds are distributed appropriately for services by providers.”
She says “Many of the same findings relating to audit and collections were noted in their last MCP report from 2014 - over 10 years ago. The audit found that MCP has been slow to develop strong control processes, including the prevention of double payments with WorkplaceNL. Hanrahan says Controls around manual adult dental reimbursement are still not entirely sufficient to prevent potential fraud, similar to the occurrence between 2015 and 2019.
IT system controls are not entirely reliable either; a third of the claims processing rules they looked at either served no purpose or did not work properly. Finally, the age and complexity of MCP’s systems contribute to inefficiencies.” The audit also contains 6 recommendations which the department of health and community services has accepted.
Corner Brook RNC looking for Jason Benoit, missing since yesterday afternoon
8-year-old boy riding an e-scooter was struck by a vehicle in Corner Brook on Wednesday
Petition circulating after Kruger spilling water at Grand Lake blocks traffic on the T'railway near Howley
Bay du Nord public information session coming to Corner Brook next week
Police stress safety in light of expected increased traffic on the water with the food fishery and warmer weather
