Containing health care expenditures for State and Local Government entities

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Several options exist, than can help the state and local governments contain their ever-increasing employee health costs. Various cost containment strategies such as reducing service providing billing fraud and errors, adopting self-insurance, selecting the right service providers who use state-of-the art information technology and providing employees the ability to help contain health care costs are discussed.

Financial management, Management dynamics, Accident & Health Insurance, Insurance Carriers, Personnel administration, Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Management, Human resource management, Finance, Compensation and benefits, Health insurance, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Company business management, Company personnel management, Administrative agencies, Government agencies, Company financing, Public officers, Government officials

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Governmental contract auditing: best practices from New York city's metropolitan transportation authority

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Internal auditors at New York city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) have developed a model CC audit practice that employs several best practices, from which the other internal auditors could also benefit. The MTA's CC audit approach and some of the auditors' experiences with it is described.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Standards, Models, Internal auditing, Accounting procedures

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Construction: Contract auditing in local government entities

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The entering into a contract, by many cities, counties and other local government entities, for the construction of buildings, stadiums, roads etc. can prove to be high risk factor. This is due to the overcharging by the contractor, which the government will not be aware of.

Public Administration, Capital funds & cash flow, State & Local Government, Local Government, Accounting and auditing, Surveys, Construction contracts, Auditors, State/local government software

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