If Medicaid payers can identify whether a member has primary coverage before claims are paid, the need for post-payment recovery is mitigated. Furthermore, the subset of Medicaid beneficiaries who have unreported primary commercial coverage creates a tremendous opportunity for payers of last resort to get in front of the problem.
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Representatives are concerned about Medicaid improper payments and what the FY 2021 PERM audit will reveal.
Improper payments threaten the Medicaid programs solvency. States must look to cost avoidance opportunities to reduce costs.
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DHHS' Report for FY 2018 indicates that the Medicaid program must implement innovative technology solutions to reduce improper payments.
Identifying TPL has become increasingly more complex and it is costing the Medicaid program billions in improper payments.
Medicaid improper payments have risen over the years and while PERM brings the issue into scope, it does nothing to reduce them.
Lawmakers are disturbed over report findings from HHS and CMS is performing audits to address Medicaid Improper Payments.
Legislators are looking to improve Medicaid's oversight and integrity after improper payments accounted for 9.8% of the program's total spending in 2018.
DHHS reports that improper payments in the Medicaid program amounted to a staggering $98.72 billion in 2021.
Medicaid accounted for $40 billion dollars in improper payments last year and the program has been on the GAO’s High-Risk List since 2003t.
There are plenty of ideas about how to make Medicaid work for the poor Americans it's meant to serve. But ignoring $80 billion in improper payments isn't going to help.
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Medicaid TPL has been problematic and to resolve these issues, several legislative efforts have occurred to curb fraud, waste, and abuse.
Improper payments have cost the federal government and it’s taxpayers billions of dollars. Officials look to cost avoidance to prevent them moving forward.
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Last year, these improper payments totaled $140 billion – that’s about $12 billion per month.
One of the biggest culprits of improper payments in the federal government — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — is making progress to combat the issue.
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In today's Federal Newscast, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it avoided handing out more than $4.5 billion in improper payments under one of its signature programs in fiscal 2018.
The goal of the recovery audit contractor program is to identify improper payments made on claims for services.
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2020 Medicaid improper payments estimated at $86.49 billion. They now account for more than twenty percent of federal Medicaid expenditures.
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