Nebraska Audit Uncovers Questionable Billing in $434M Disability Program

Nebraska state auditor reports improper payments in aged and disabled waiver program

"They know where they were working; they know they weren't at that home yet, and they billed the government for those hours." Nebraska's state auditor reports "questionable billing" in state's aged and disabled waiver program.

State auditor raises alarm about ‘highly questionable billing’ in program for aged and disabled

LINCOLN — A Nebraska auditor’s probe has discovered examples of “highly questionable billing” and alleged weak oversight in a Health and Human Services program whose costs increased nearly 600% in the past decade. Auditor Mike Foley’s team released a 34-page…

Nebraska auditor flags questionable billing in $434M waiver program

An audit found providers billing for more than 24 hours a day and for more hours than participants were authorized to receive.

Nebraska audit uncovers questionable billing in $434M disability program

A Nebraska state audit is raising concerns about questionable billing in the state’s Aged and Disabled Waiver program, which now costs about $434 million a year.

Auditor's Office Finds Issues in Billing for DHHS' Aged and Disabled Waiver Program - KFOR FM 101.5 1240 AM

Southside of the Nebraska State Capitol building. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News)LINCOLN–(KFOR Aug. 24)–Questionable billing in the state’s Aged and Disabled Waiver program through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has prompted concerns from State Auditor Mike Foley’s office. Foley says the audit found weaknesses in controls designed to prevent improper billing by service providers. The program provides in-home services to elderly and d…