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14 <br />CHAPTER 2 <br />BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT <br />Mission <br />Our mission is to ensure the financial viability of the LME to support management <br />functions, the provider community and ultimately our consumers., We will perform. all <br />fiscal duties in the areas of accounting, claims processing, reimbursement, funding, and <br />reporting. The Information Technology area will support the infrastructure, data, and <br />reporting resources necessary for all areas of the LME~ <br />,,~~~;, <br />Purchaser Standards ~'~~. ~, <br /><~" ;~~ <br />OPC Area Program is currently in compliance with, all_applicable local, state and federal <br />statutes and rules, or will dedicate resources to the`correction of any known or identified <br />deficiencies. `" <br />_ ~° <br />Current Operations <br />~. <br />Business and Information Management, currently, :tapes place in two separate <br />departments at OPC; the Finance Department and the,:Human Resources Department. <br />The Finance Department is organized'-} into four basic areas; Accounting, <br />Contracts/Claims Adjudication, Business Systems,. and Network Management. <br />Accounting <br />The accounting segment of the department is responsible for all standard general <br />ledger ..accounting functions. These functions include producing monthly financial <br />reports`'to \the Area Board, senior management and county and State authorities. The <br />department also providesinformation that is necessary for the planning of the authority. <br />Revenues are. separated ~y type -federal, state and county governments and other. <br />Expenses for services are'tracked by disability and by department. <br />All purchases are ~ processed through one general fund account controlled by the <br />accounts payable department. The accounts payable clerk reviews invoices for proper <br />authorization that is controlled by purchase orders, service contracts, expense reports <br />and budget authorizations. Costs are allocated to individual departments for <br />management tracking and budget control. Non-Unit Cost Reimbursement expenditures <br />are separately identified and accounted by the coding in accounts payable. <br />The purchasing area employs a system that requires a purchase order created from a <br />purchase request. The person responsible for this function also consolidates office <br />14 <br />