h_hie_2018a_2018-01-03t09:07:44z1 Hearing Summary

Deputy State Auditor Monica Bowers, Office of the State Auditor (OSA), provided handouts to the committee and explained the role of the State Auditor  (Attachments B, C, and D).  She discussed the various audits conducted by OSA throughout the year and provided an overview of the outstanding audit recommendations for the health departments.

Attachment C

Auditor Dianne Ray, OSA, discussed the audit of three information technology systems in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).  She told the committee that the full audit was confidential and provided to CDPHE, but was not publicly available due to security concerns.  She stated that CDPHE did agree with the recommendations presented in the audit.

Brad Walcher, OSA, discussed the status of outstanding audit recommendations as of June 30, 2017 (Attachment C).  He specifically discussed the audit recommendations pending for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

Mr. Walcher discussed the Department of Human Services' outstanding audit recommendations and responded to questions from the committee.

Mr. Walcher told the committee that CDPHE and Connect for Health Colorado have no outstanding audit recommendations.  He pointed out how to look up audits on the website.