Per the notice below, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report on how New York Medical College (the Touro health system that includes the dental school) has administered federal grant funds. 

New York Medical College Claimed Unallowable Grant Costs and Did Not Meet Certain Financial Conflict of Interest Requirements (A-04-20-03583)

Prior to July 2019, the New York Medical College (the College) used budget estimates instead of actual activity to claim $7.5 million in salaries, fringe benefits, and indirect costs.  Specifically, the College’s system and procedures for accounting for personal services costs did not produce records that reasonably reflected the actual activity for which employees were compensated.  We also found that subsequent to July 2019, the College created time and effort certification reports that contained illegible signatures or were not dated.

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