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State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump released an audit examining MassHealth payments for drug tests and drug screens. The audit found that over the nearly four year audit period MassHealth overpaid claims for these services by as much as $4.38 million.

The independent review examined the office's compliance with GAGAs standards.

Bump's office works to ensure public benefit programs are accessible and run with integrity.

An audit of the Southfield Redevelopment Authority (SRA), released today by State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump, found improvements at the organization since it was last audited in 2013, but cautioned that some barriers to its success remain.

Audit found that better data collection by the program can improve transparency and assessment of its success.

The annual report of the Medicaid Audit Unit, which examines certain activities of the MassHealth program, found that over the past year the Unit identified more than $211 million in unallowable, questionable or or potentially fraudulent billings.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today sent a letter to Massachusetts legislators encouraging them to take steps to meet municipal water infrastructure needs.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today released an audit of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), which is responsible for providing legal services to low income people entitled by law to representation by legal counsel.

Following revelations of a data breach at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today sent a letter to members of the Massachusetts Legislature encouraging them to pass a measure she introduced.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump submitted a letter to members of the Legislature encouraging them to pass House Bill 4061 following a recent data breach at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

The Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a measure that provides reimbursement to Massachusetts cities and towns for their unfunded, mandated expenses related to providing early voting in the 2016 election.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump released the following statement on the federal infrastructure bill introduced today by the Trump Administration.

State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump appointed Dr. Kimberly Truong of Woburn to serve on the Self-Determination Advisory Board. Truong was sworn in by Auditor Bump on January 30, 2018 at the State House.

Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today testified before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means in support of her agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) budget request.