Federal and State Program Integrity in New York
New York protects the integrity of federal and state programs by (1) requiring the department of social services to audit medical assistance payments;1 (2) prohibiting providers from referring a patient for services in which they have a financial relationship without first disclosing this relationship;2 (3) requiring certain service providers to report their ownership arrangements to the commissioner every two years;3 (4) authorizing the commissioner to investigate providers of services to the mentally disabled;4 and (5) requiring the department to develop the fraud detection and control capacity of the medical assistance information and payment system.5