About 13% of Medicaid recipients have unreported primary coverage.
On average less than 17% of the dollars billed to primary insurers are paid back to plans that paid claims in error.
56% of all improper payments in the Medicaid program due to eligibility errors.
The Medicaid market needed a technology based solution that fits in with any TPL program.
The solution needed to provide Active coverage on Utilizing members (Not old – stale data).
The solution needed to provide Active coverage in Real-Time.
The solution needed to replace “Pay & Chase” with prospective “Cost Avoidance”.
Claims are checked against an e-prescribing master patient index of over 280 million commercially covered lives. This is the largest and most complete database of active healthcare coverage in the nation. This means your Medicaid plan will obtain the best and latest eligibility responses when you need them – saving you the cost of recovery.
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The reported government-wide improper payment rate of 3.97% in 2024 marks the lowest level in over a decade. But beneath the surface lies a complex reality that reveals systemic flaws in how improper payments are calculated and managed. These numbers, far from representing genuine progress,......
31 December, 2024
Syrtis Solutions distributes a monthly Medicaid news summary to help you stay up-to-date. The monthly roundup focuses on developments, research, and legislation that relates to Medicaid program integrity, cost avoidance, coordination of benefits, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Below is a summary of last......
11 December, 2024
Improper payments and fraud remain persistent and costly challenges for Medicaid and other government-funded programs. The GAO defines improper payments as payments that should not have been made or that were made in an incorrect amount (including overpayments and underpayments) under statutory, contractual, administrative, or......
27 November, 2024
