tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14772999.post4157163443013797904..comments2024-03-15T04:58:53.198-04:00Comments on ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog: How citizen participation impacts regulation of a professionChristopher J. Alteriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09489464791931315291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14772999.post-14706847897258109582013-04-01T13:17:02.661-04:002013-04-01T13:17:02.661-04:004/1/13 - Received the following note from a County...4/1/13 - Received the following note from a County in email this morning:<br /><br />"Hi...good news over the weekend. After further review of the COTA claims with [OMIG Officials] in Albany, all our disallowed claims have been cleared. Our MA audit ended up with no disallowances. Thanks for your help with this, we appreciate it."<br /><br />My staff asked me - you wouldn't put that up on the blog - would you??? - To which you can see my reply. The reason why it goes on the blog is because OMIG has been alleging 'lack of supervision' to Counties and Agencies all over the State. Now although I don't the particulars on all those other cases, if my case was representative then that means OMIG was over-reaching and people should be aware.<br /><br />I would hope that OMIG would do the following now: 1. Come up with more clear guidelines if they believe this to be an issue and 2. Stick to the real fraud that is going on out there - there is a lot of real fraud out there for them to uncover and they damage their credibility when they beat Counties and agencies up over issues that are not even issues. <br /><br />DiNapoli and the State Comptroller's office is finding some real fraud that is going on out there - they should focus on those efforts and I suspect that most providers would like to see real efforts to clean up the system instead of witch hunts on people who are actually compliant with the law.Christopher J. Alteriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489464791931315291noreply@blogger.com