ACC 599 Week 7 Assignment 2: Accounting and Audit Enforcement (2015)

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Assignment 2: Accounting and Audit Enforcement
Due Week 7 and worth 320 points
Using the Internet, Strayer databases, or the Securities and Exchange Commissions Website,
located at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/friactions/friactions2012.shtml, perform a search
on several U.S. health care publicly-traded companies and choose a health care organization that
has been accused of committing health care fraud.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Evaluate the level of SOX regulations that applies to for-profit and not-for-profit health
care organizations, indicating whether or not mandating SOX requirements for nonprofits might reduce fraud and increase corporate governance. Provide support for your
rationale.
2. Determine whether SOX has been effective in regulating ethical behavior of for-profit
health care organizations. Defend your position.
3. Determine whether deficiencies existed in the IT environment, and suggest ways to
improve audit trails, data integrity, and policies and procedures in order to reduce the risk
of fraudulent activity.
4. Review the audit report issued by the external auditing firm from the company's Website
for the year it was accused of fraud. Then, determine whether the external auditors were
negligent in preparing the audit report for the company. Formulate an opinion regarding
which Internal Control was deficient or what GAAP was violated. Defend your position.
5. Determine what provision(s) of SOX was / were violated in the health care fraud case in
question. Indicate whether or not SOX adequately provides sanctions to deter the
behavior or if changes are needed to the regulations to remedy the issue(s) and thus
ensure compliance.
6. Based on the fraudulent activity that occurred, recommend two (2) improvements to the
internal control environment to reduce those occurrences. Provide detailed
recommendations.
7. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and
other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:


Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins
on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the
professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:


Evaluate internal controls within an organization and create a risk assessment.

Analyze ethical theories to evaluate a decision-making process to determine compliance with professional codes of ethics.

Evaluate the health of organizations to assess the level of risk in an audit engagement.

Evaluate financial data for potential fraud and prepare an audit approach for detecting fraud.

Assess the risk of financial misstatement in an IT-based environment.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in accounting management.

Write clearly and concisely about accounting management using proper writing mechanics.