By Kelly Cantwell
Editor
A recent report by the Ohio Auditor’s Office found that the Milford Exempted Village School District was overpaid by Ohio Medicaid.
“We found the provider was overpaid by ODM for services rendered between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2014 in the amount of $22,192.72. This finding plus interest in the amount of $677.79 totaling $22,870.51 is due and payable to ODM upon its adjudication of this examination report,” the report states.
Auditors looked at 469 services provided during the period above and found 42 exceptions, resulting in the overpayments.
Also, auditors found 20 services with no documentation and eight services where recipients were absent or school was not in session, according to a press release from the Auditor’s Office.
“In addition, auditors examined Individualized Education Programs, which are required for recipients of special education services, and noted six instances in which there were no IEPs to support the services provided. The audit also found one service that was not authorized on the correlating IEP,” the press release states.
However, the district has only been reimbursed for 2011 and 2012, so rather than paying ODM, the district simply won’t receive reimbursement for services the district is required to provide, said Milford Schools Superintendent Robert Farrell.
“This is the money we will not get reimbursed for expenses we have to pay anyway,” Farrell said.
The district uses a third party group to apply for reimbursement from Medicaid, that, during the audit, was found to have made mistakes.
Applying for Medicaid reimbursement is not the district’s expertise but the district would like to utilize reimbursements that are available, which is why they use the third party, MSB. District staff has talked with the company to make sure the mistakes do not occur again, Farrell said.