OAR 411-069-0090: Departmental Authority to Audit Records

(1) The facility must maintain clinical and financial records sufficient to determine the actual number of patient days for any calendar period for which an assessment may be due. (2) The Department or its designee may audit the facility's records at any time for a period of three years following the date the assessment is due to verify or determine the number of patient days at the facility. (3) The Department may issue a notice of proposed action or issue a refund based upon its findings during the audit. (4) Any audit, finding, or position may be reopened if there is evidence of fraud, malfeasance, concealment, misrepresentation of material fact, omission of income, or collusion either by the facility or by the facility and a representative of the Department. (5) The Department may issue a refund and otherwise take such actions as it deems appropriate based upon the audit findings.