LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 811.02 Communication Flow for Recovery of Audit Disallowances
 
  PROCEDURES
  1. In order to recover overpayments from service providers on a timely basis, the appropriate/responsible Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) unit must provide the Fiscal Audit and Monitoring Section (FAMS) of the Financial Services Bureau with the necessary information and documents, respectively.
     
    1. Immediately upon issuance of the audit report, the reviewing DMH Unit shall provide a copy of the audit report to the FAMS at the address indicated under section A.3.
       
    2. Upon receipt of an audit report from County, State, or federal agencies, the recipient DMH Unit must immediately provide FAMS with a copy of the audit report at the address specified under Section A.3.
       
    3. Upon receipt of the appeal resolution, the recipient must immediately provide a copy of such document to:

      County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
      Financial Services Bureau
      550 S. Vermont Avenue, 8th Floor
      Los Angeles, CA 90020
      Attn: Fiscal Audit Appeal and Settlement Section (FAASS)
       
  2. Within 10 days of receipt of the audit report, the FAASS shall initiate the appropriate State and/or federal and/or County fund recovery process.
     
  3. FAASS shall determine the net amount due based on the appeal resolution and send an adjusted billing to the service providers as appropriate.