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Interim Medicaid inspector general briefs committee; auditors' report spurs governance questions
Summary
The interim inspector general and program analyst for the Utah Office of Inspector General for Medicaid Services briefed the committee about the office's audits, investigations and metrics. Committee members raised concerns about governance and management after a recent legislative audit and said they expect additional legislative follow-up.
Neil Erickson, interim inspector general for the Utah Office of Inspector General for Medicaid Services (UOIG), and Elise Knapper, program analyst, presented an overview of the office's duties, recent activity and metrics to the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee on Oct. 25.
Erickson said he has been interim inspector general for about four weeks and noted recent management turnover. Knapper described the office's statutorily required role as the state's Medicaid program-integrity entity and said the UOIG's mission is "to protect taxpayer dollars by identifying fraud, abuse, and waste risks and vulnerabilities in the state Medicaid program and then by…
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