Overview
During our review of the 27 physicians in Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) probation agreements (PAs) with Physician Health Services (PHS) during the audit period, we noted that 50 additional required monitoring reports that were sent directly to BORIM (including worksite monitor and chaperone reports required either monthly or quarterly by BORIM PAs) had issues similar to the issues with PHS’s quarterly reports. These issues included missing and untimely reports. Specifically, from a population of 285 quarterly or monthly worksite monitoring reports, 1 was missing and 48 were submitted late. From a population of 51 quarterly chaperone reports, 1 was missing. The missing and untimely reports involved 13 (48%) of the 27 physicians reviewed. To ensure physician compliance with its PAs, BORIM should improve its controls over the monitoring of PA compliance.
| Date published: | April 7, 2020 |
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