Child Care and Development Fund Improper Payments Rate Reporting
Every three years, the Administration for Children & Families requires states to complete Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Improper Payments error rate review process and then report the findings to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
To meet the requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act, states are required to complete a review of 276 cases selected from a 12-month review period based on the Federal Fiscal Year. The Office of Child Care within the Administration for Children & Families has published guidance entitled, “Child Care Improper Payments Data Collection Instructions,” which outlines the process for states to complete the child care subsidy improper payment review.
Important Implications
We know state resources are valuable and scarce. State agency staff have myriad responsibilities relating to program administration and must navigate a changing regulatory environment and budgetary constraints. Accurately completing the case record reviews and error rate reporting requires an in-depth knowledge of the regulations, policies, and processes governing the CCDF subsidy program. Our experience and expertise make us the ideal partner for states when completing the error rate reporting process, reducing the burden on state staff and allowing them to focus on fulfilling their agency’s mission.
What Can We Do for Your Program?
As a firm, we have more than 20 years of eligibility experience, at both state and federal levels, all of which informs our time-tested and well-honed methodologies for conducting child care subsidy eligibility reviews. Backed by trained and experienced professionals, all of whom share the deeply held conviction that what they do matters in the lives of the people our clients serve, our team has the eligibility insight you need and the skill and experience you require.
We have developed streamlined documentation methods, case management and reporting tools, and communication approaches that will ease your administrative and regulatory burdens. Our dashboard gives states real-time trend analysis, which translates directly into more timely mitigation solutions.
Expertise in Child Care Subsidy Risk Areas
Through our experience, we have identified the most common root causes that can lead to payment errors, such as:
Why Myers and Stauffer
Right People, Right Experience.
Since 1977, we have worked exclusively with local, state, and federal government health and human service agencies to assist them accomplish their most critical goals. Our experience affords us an uncommon perspective and granular understanding of the challenges related to designing, developing, and implementing the solutions our clients need most for their health and human-service programs. Together with our insight into state programs across the nation, we offer a constellation of value-added competencies our clients are unlikely to find elsewhere.
Independent National CPA and Consulting Firm.
Unlike most firms in our industry, we intentionally restrict our practice to government-sponsored health and human-service programs. We have never accepted providers, health plans, PBMs, or individuals as clients, and therefore avoid any engagements that could create any real or perceived conflicts of interest. We also conduct ourselves according to rigorous professional ethical standards designed to serve the public good, hallmarks of professional CPA standards that make us unique within our business community. We meet all independence standards and can provide unbiased consulting.
Disciplined Processes, Reliable Results.
Just as important, diligence, rigor, and discipline define our approach, and we exercise care and caution to demonstrate proper stewardship of the trust our clients place in us. We are equally committed to helping them effect positive change in their public health and human-services environments for the people who need them most.
National Medicaid Experience.
Our exposure to state Medicaid programs around the nation enables us to draw upon a range of compliance, program integrity, auditing, and other experiences, as well as best practices, to address the requirements of important initiatives for clients with varying needs.
More importantly, our team understands government health care, especially state Medicaid financing. Our experience ranges from those who have been with the firm for decades, actively engaged in government health care compliance and consulting to former state Medicaid directors and managed care plan executives. We have been in the trenches with our state and federal partners, and we know the challenges you face every day: managing scarce resources while being called upon to ensure millions of our most vulnerable citizens receive the important health care they desperately need.
We help our clients meet their goals, one engagement at a time, and each is a rewarding chapter in our effort to support government-sponsored health and human-services programs. We build our entire professional practice around our mission, and the values that inspire them inform all we do on our clients’ behalf. We bring these same philosophies to every engagement we perform, and we think it sets us apart.
For More Information
| Emily Wale
CPA, CFE, Member PH 317.815.5466 |
Justin Tasch
Senior Manager PH 317.815.5434 |
DeAnne Bachtold
Manager PH 317.815.5430 |
