Behavioral Health Business October 13, 2021
A federal audit of Colorado’s OTP services to determine whether the state’s oversight ensured that Medicaid OTP services in Colorado met Federal and State requirements found that nearly 80% of services sampled did not meet those requirements.
“On the basis of our sample results, we estimated that over 1.1 million OTP services, or about 79 percent, did not meet Federal and State requirements during the audit period,” a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services read.
The federal government found Colorado’s biennial audits that were conducted by the State Opioid Treatment Authority (SOTA) were not sufficient enough in scope, therefore leaving vulnerabilities in the system. The state-run audits also lacked “depth of coverage to ensure that OTPs...
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