Please note that only online applications submitted through CalCareers will be accepted for this exam. This exam is accessible only online when applying for it electronically through CalCareers.

Final Filing Date: 5/5/2025.

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will not be accepted.

Who Should Apply:

How To Apply:

Special Testing Arrangements:

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

It is your responsibility to make sure you meet the education and experience requirements stated on this bulletin by the final filing date. Your signature on your application indicates that you have read, understood, and possess the basic qualifications required. Part-time or full-time jobs, regardless of whether paid or volunteer positions, and inside or outside California state service will count toward experience.

NOTE: Applications/resumes MUST include “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year), time base, civil service class title(s), and range (if applicable). Applications/resumes received without this information will be rejected.

Education:

1. Equivalent to graduation from college with specialization in accounting; or
2. Completion of either:

a. A prescribed professional accounting curriculum given by a residence or correspondence school of accountancy including courses in elementary and advanced accounting, auditing, cost accounting, and business law; or

b. The equivalent of 16 semester hours of professional accounting courses given by a collegiate grade residence institution including courses in elementary and advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting, and three semester hours of business law.

And

Either I

One year of experience in the California state service performing professional health program accounting or auditing duties of a class with a level of responsibility equivalent to that of Health Program Auditor III, Department of Health Services.

Or II

Experience: Four years of increasingly responsible professional health program accounting or auditing experience including at least one year conducting a variety of complex audits or financial examinations. (Experience in the California state service applied toward this requirement must include at least one year performing the duties of a class with a level of responsibility equivalent to that of a Health Program Auditor III.)

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Components that are due with your application will be scored and will count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items may result in disqualification or elimination from the examination.

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

The Training and Experience Evaluation examination is designed to elicit specific information regarding each candidate’s training and experience relative to the testing classification. Responses to the examination will be assessed based on pre-determined rating criteria. In appraising the relative qualifications of candidates, consideration will be given to the extent and type of pertinent training and experience over and above that which is required under “Minimum Qualifications”.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

1. General auditing and accounting principles and procedures
2. Business law
3. State and Federal laws and regulations which govern the Medi-Cal Program, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
4. Title XIX of the 1965 Social Security Act, as amended
5. Medicare Program Regulations Manual
6. Skilled Nursing Facility Manual
7. Provider Reimbursement Manual
8. Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 14170
9. State of California Health and Safety Code
10. Title 22, Division 3 and 5 of the California Administrative Code
11. The California Health Facilities Commission Accounting and Reporting Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities
12. Title 42-Code of Federal Regulations
13. Fiscal Intermediary Manual
14. Government Code, Title 2, Division 3
15. Legal opinions and court decisions as they relate to departmental programs, auditing practices and procedures as used in the various audit programs in the Department, and related departmental policies and procedures
16. Health and Safety Code, Division 20 and EPA requirements regulating the control of hazardous materials
17. The State Administrative Manual provisions related to contracts
18. Federal cost reporting requirements, California Public Contract Code, Federal acquisition regulations
19. The health delivery systems administered by the Department of Health Services
20. The operational aspects of major contracts subject to audit by the Department
21. Specialized and complex program auditing practices and procedures
22. Electronic data processing systems relative to health program and contractor's accounting methods
23. The organization and operation of the Department's programs
24. The California Administrative Procedures Act
25. The most comprehensive knowledge of State and Federal laws, rules and regulations which govern the various departmental health programs and/or contractors subject to audit
26. Specialized knowledge of financial, health program and contractor activity

Ability to:

1. Apply auditing principles and procedures
2. Apply the State and Federal rules and regulations which govern the various departmental programs in the conduct of audits or financial examinations
3. Apply legal opinions, court decisions, and departmental policies and procedures
4. Establish and maintain cooperative working relations with those contacted during the course of the work
5. Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
6. Reason logically and creatively in unique situations
7. Speak and write effectively
8. Testify at hearings on disputed audit findings
9. Negotiate successful program and contractor audit issues of average difficulty
10. Read, understand, and evaluate computerized cost reports
11. Adjust and modify work plan to meet changing conditions
12. Write major sections of a complex and difficult audit
13. For an audit of average difficulty, write a complete audit report with recommendations
14. Handle the most difficult, complex, and comprehensive health program audit issues
15. Write complete audit reports
16. Independently function with general or limited guidelines
17. Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate new health audit programs
18. Exercise the highest degree of judgment in applying laws and audit procedures

A Departmental Open eligible list for the HEALTH PROGRAM AUDITOR IV, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES Classification will be established for:

• Department of Health Care Services

The list(s) will be abolished 12 months after being established, unless the needs of the State and conditions of the list(s) warrant a change in this period.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• Department of Health Care Services

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of Health Care Services reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.