Recovery Audit Contract Prior Government Accountability Office work has helped identify problems with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s actions to address improper payment vulnerabilities‚ and Department of Health and Human Service states that “prior Office of Inspector General(OIG) work identified problems with CMS’s inability to address referrals of potential fraud” (URL 2011). Hence‚ Congress created the Recovery Audit Contractor Program that was designed specifically to protect Medicare
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Fields Maria Gomozova Sviatlana Lizun Patricia Vaz Megan Wark Very good! 100% +2 cb 6C-1 Summary of Audit Sections Section Purpose Content 1 Objectives of the Engagement To describe the services that are to be rendered to the client (KCN). The objectives include: an audit of KCN’s financial statements for the year ended 12/31/20X5 and to issue a letter of compliance with covenants of the client’s letter of credit agreement
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Under lease financing‚ the lessee regularly pays the fixed lease rent over a period of time at the beginning or at the end of a month‚ 3 months‚ 6 months or a year. At the end of the lease contract the asset reverts to the real owner. However‚ in case of long-term lease contracts‚ the lessee is generally given the option to buy the leased asset or renew the lease contract. The three major types of leases are the operating lease‚ financial/capital lease and the direct financing lease. The operating
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The pharmaceutical giant and British drug maker‚ GlaxoSmithKline‚ has agreed to plead guilty and pay the government three billion dollars in a health care fraud settlement bought by the FDA. This is the largest settlement involving a pharmaceutical company in recorded history. GSK have admitted to committing three fraud charges. They promoted the off-label use of two anti-depressant drugs – Paxil and Wellbutrin. The two anti-depressants are not necessarily considered as bad medicine instead the GSK
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Standards Introduction Self-regulated: the standards governing audits were established by members of the profession themselves Sarbanes-Oxley Acct of 2002 Created: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to provide external and independent oversight over the audits of public entities Responsible for registering public accounting firms‚ establishing standards for audit engagements‚ and inspecting the quality of audits conducted by public accounting firms ****Generally Accepted Auditing
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there is a growing trend to fulfill needs‚ deal with responsibilities and secure one’s possessions‚ be it good health or worldly wealth. We shall now look specifically at the General Insurance category which includes the main topic of discussion – Marine Insurance. GENERAL INSURANCE Insurance other than ‘Life Insurance’ falls under the category of General Insurance. General Insurance comprises of insurance of property against fire‚ burglary etc‚ personal insurance such as Accident
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H A R V A R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L BRIEF CASES 4426 A f ’ K I L 19. 2013 lUCHAJllJ I) HrtML-RMF.SH iiLiNRU YONG Meli Marine It was past midnight‚ but David Tian‚ CEO of Singapore-based Meli Marine‚ could not sleep. The next board meeting was just two weeks away in early February 2008. Edwin Chang‚ the founder of the company and chairman of the board‚ had called earlier to hear Tian’s assessment of a potential acquisition. "This could be.1 the biggest turning point
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The Native American Indians received cruel treatment during the 1800’s -1900’s; Immigrants stole their land‚ resources and basically corrupted their community. Past events show us the tragedy of the natives and their hardships. However‚ in the last decades Native American Indian descendants have been known to succeed in the casino business. In his article “Jackpot” David Plotz reports the story of Paula Lorenzo‚ a woman that struggled to make a living to support her 4 children but with the help of
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Question 1 - Risks surrounding the identified accounts The Audit of TNO Ltd has highlighted number of risks. The risks highlighted in the audit are discussed throughout the report. Below is a table of the risks and tests to carry out‚ based on the five accounts highlighted as being of risk. The common assertion that is common to the five accounts is valuation and allocation. Account Assessment of Risk Substantive audit procedure Accounts Receivable Account Receivable has increased while sales
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– Skills Module‚ Paper F8 (UK) Audit and Assurance (United Kingdom) 1 (a) (i) Importance of reporting to those charged with governance June 2013 Answers In accordance with ISA 260 (UK and Ireland) Communication with those charged with governance‚ it is important for the auditors to report to those charged with governance as it helps in the following ways: (1) It assists the auditor and those charged with governance in understanding matters related to the audit‚ and in developing a constructive
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