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As has been mentioned at Member Forums and Professional Interest Section meetings over the last two months, FSSA Audit Services staff have begun to reach out to organizations to collect information on the waiver rate increases and the DSP compensation pass through requirement. Any FSSA audit activity between now and June 30, 2018 is considered “educational” without recoupment. As a reminder, the base period is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 and the first test period to measure compliance with the 75% pass through threshold is October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Recoupment may occur for non-compliance during the test period. Below are some comments from members who have been contacted by FSSA audit thus far. As you can see, in one case the contact and information was exchanged via email and in the other case the contact and information was exchanged via a phone call, so it is possible that the FSSA auditors will use either of these communication methods when contacting you regarding your DSP compensation pass through. Today we received an email from the FSSA asking questions on the DSP wage program. It was from a Ryan Spruill, Field Auditor 2, FSSA Audit Services and a Kathee Troiani and a Matt Deimling. He wanted to know how the pay increase is handled – thru hourly rate or bonus, and to provide details of the calc. And how the pay shows up on the pay stub, if as a separate line item. He referenced the plan we sent in late October. No mention of an educational audit. I talked this morning with FSSA audit (Ryan Spruill) about our DSP wage verification plan. He called this morning. Most of the questions were related to how we calculated the wage increase and how we verify that we’ve spent the full amount. He also had questions about bonus calculations (especially when staff left – which I explained that those dollars returned to the pool). The other question on bonuses was also asking if we gave across the board bonus or bonuses based on performance. He did ask for samples of what we do, which I submitted as well. We are using the state template as our base, which made the conversation pretty simple. He actually started with a couple of questions I initially thought I may have to defer and call him back, but when I mentioned the DDRS workbook, that seemed to answer most of his questions. We request that you inform us when FSSA Audit Services contact you regarding your DSP compensation pass through by emailing Sarah Chestnut at sarah@inarf.org. If you have questions, contact the INARF office.
As has been mentioned at Member Forums and Professional Interest Section meetings over the last two months, FSSA Audit Services staff have begun to reach out to organizations to collect information on the waiver rate increases and the DSP compensation pass through requirement. Any FSSA audit activity between now and June 30, 2018 is considered “educational” without recoupment. As a reminder, the base period is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 and the first test period to measure compliance with the 75% pass through threshold is October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. Recoupment may occur for non-compliance during the test period. Below are some comments from members who have been contacted by FSSA audit thus far. As you can see, in one case the contact and information was exchanged via email and in the other case the contact and information was exchanged via a phone call, so it is possible that the FSSA auditors will use either of these communication methods when contacting you regarding your DSP compensation pass through.
We request that you inform us when FSSA Audit Services contact you regarding your DSP compensation pass through by emailing Sarah Chestnut at sarah@inarf.org. If you have questions, contact the INARF office.