US EditionHHS Report Finds Over $207 Million in Improper Medicaid Payments for Deceased Beneficiaries
The report urges enhanced data sharing and mandates quarterly audits by 2027 to prevent improper Medicaid payments totaling over $207 million for deceased beneficiaries.
- The U.S. government paid over $207.5 million in Medicaid managed care payments for deceased enrollees from July 2021 to July 2022.
- A new law mandates Medicaid agencies to regularly audit their lists of Medicaid providers and beneficiaries against the Social Security Administration's Full Death Master File beginning in 2027, which could help reduce improper payments.
- Since 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general has identified approximately $289 million in improper Medicaid payments made on behalf of deceased enrollees through audits of state programs.
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Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services' independent watchdog.
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Independent EspañolBy FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in undue payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report by the independent control agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. However, the department’s Inspector General’s Office stated that a new provision in the Republican Expenses Tax Project, which requires states to audit their Med…
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The New York LedgerFederal watchdog finds Medicaid wasted more than $200 million on dead enrollees in single year
Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died.
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