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#! Itl ra-I:lflLIN& Decem1:~" 23, 1997 MEMORANDUM TO: NC Department of Health and Human Services Division of Social Services, Progrm~ Integrity Branch ATTN: Ms. Vicki Sutton, Assistant Chief 325 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 FROM: Cabarrus County Department of Social Services ATI2,I: Mr. Greg Fields PO Box 668 Concord, NC 28026-0668 SUBJECT: Program Integrity Plan The Cabarrus County Department of Social Services submits the following plan to take advantage of the additional $~-%000 in federally matchable funds allocated for the enhancement for the program integrity effort in the county. Current program integrity effort: (1) Current positions: (a) One permanent, full-time investigator (IMI II) Co) One clerk who provides part-time assistance (Accounting Clerk IV) (2) Current focus: (a) Referrals Co) Front-end Investigations (c) Claims processing b. Use of money for fiscal years 199%1998 and 1998-1999: (I) Create two new full-time positions, an IM Investigator H and a Claima Clerk (Accounting Clerk HI). (a) IM Investigator II: * Primao, function: To conduct Project Recall Investigations, which currently are not being done. * Secondary function: To assist in other investigations, as necessmy. Co) Claims Clerk (Accounting Clerk III): * Primary function: To process claims, maintain files, and m~n the office on a daily basis. * Secondary function: To collect and maintain statistical data of investigative results for use, among other things, in jnstifying/funding additional (2) Total cost of two new positions: $54.,548.80 (a) IM Investigator II. * Initial salary: $25,500.80 * Salary with benefits: $31,876.00 Co) Accounting Clerk III. * Initial salary: $18,137.60 * Salad' with benefits: $22,672.00