Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services

OPERATION: MIE is responsible for managing the following departmental activities:

• Audit Liaison and Corrective Action
• CalFresh Program Monitoring
• Medi-Cal Program Monitoring
• General Relief (GR) Program Monitoring
• Welfare-to-Work Monitoring
• In-Home Supportive Services Monitoring
• Stage 1 Child Care and In-Home Supportive Services Data Mining Solutions

FUNCTIONS:

AUDIT LIAISON

MIE provides liaison functions to facilitate the linkage between external audits and the Department. MIE also coordinates recommended corrective action in response to external and internal audits. MIE:

• Coordinates external audits
• Negotiates findings with audit groups
• Ensures Contract compliance
• Monitors GR Vendors and Board and Care Facilities

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

MIE leads the Department in the following activities:

• Coordinates and monitors the development/implementation of corrective action activities in the CalFresh, Medi-Cal, GR and IHSS Programs.
• Organizes sanction defense activities to contest the pass-on of sanctions to the State and County.
• Directs departmental Corrective Action Committee and Subcommittee meetings.
• Maintains database to track the implementation of all departmental Audit Related Corrective Actions.

REVIEWS

• CalFresh Quality Control (CF QC)
• Medi-Cal Quality Control (MCQC)
• CalFresh Quality Assurance (CF QA)
• General Relief (GR) Quality Assurance (GR QA)
• Medi-Cal Quality Assurance (MCQA)
• Welfare-to-Work
• In-Home Supportive Services Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement (IHSS QA/QI)
• Stage 1 Child Care and In-Home Supportive Services Data Mining Solutions
• IHSS Unannounced Home Visits

ENTITIES CONDUCTING AUDITS AND EXAMPLE OF REVIEWS IN DPSS AUDITORS/AUDITS

• Federal Government
• State of California
• Los Angeles County
• Private Contractors