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Auditor-Controller reports status of 218 county audits to Audit Committee
Fifty-six audits are underway and 109 have not started, covering departments from Health Services to the Sheriff.
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Auditor finds county health pharmacies still lack copay verification check
DHS set wait-time targets for its pharmacies but has not built a process to confirm copays are collected before medication is handed out.
Auditor finds county health department has not finished two grant oversight fixes
DHS implemented one of three outstanding recommendations from a 2023 grants review and says the rest will be done by Sept. 30, 2026.
Auditor finds gaps in Health Services oversight of its charitable foundations
County employees sat on three foundation boards without required Board approval; DHS agreed to fix eight findings.
Auditor finds county health department still has not finished two facilities fixes
Harbor-UCLA and Olive View have yet to complete equipment inventories flagged in a 2024 audit of hospital facilities upkeep.
Auditor finds gaps in cash and patient valuables controls at Rancho Los Amigos
County review says the rehabilitation hospital lacked supervisor sign-off on voided payments and written cash procedures.
Auditor finds shared credit cards and missing receipts at four county health facilities
Review of $86,000 in Health Services card spending found cards issued to units rather than individuals, and purchases over county limits.
Auditor finds county health department completed three of five personnel fixes
DHS still has two open items on monitoring staff bonus and hiring controls, and says it will finish them by June 30, 2026.