Syrtis Solution's June 2020 Medicaid News Recap: A roundup of Medicaid news, legislation, and industry developments relating to Medicaid integrity, cost avoidance, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Oklahoma voters approve Medicaid expansion as coronavirus cases climb Politico, July 1 Oklahoma voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a ballot...
Medicaid has been designated as a high-risk government program by the GAO since 2003. The Medicaid program has struggled over the past seventeen years due to poor fiscal oversight and other administrative issues. These challenges will be exasperated as the program expands and enrollment surges...
Improper payments in the Medicaid universe are payments full or partial claims payments paid in error or payments made to the wrong party. Improper payments have been a major problem for Medicaid in recent years and have cost the program's valuable resources. Across all government programs, improper payments have...
Syrtis Solution's May 2020 Medicaid News Recap: A roundup of Medicaid news, legislation, and industry developments relating to Medicaid integrity, cost avoidance, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. New York and Ohio make moves toward allowing pharmacists to bill Medicaid for COVID-19 testing APhA, May 30 The...
Syrtis Solution's March 2020 Medicaid News Recap: A roundup of Medicaid news, legislation, and industry developments relating to Medicaid integrity, cost avoidance, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Medicare And Medicaid Administrator Addresses U.S. Health Care Response To COVID-19 npr, March 31NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with...
After COVID-19 was declared a national emergency on March 13th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was able to waive stipulations in federally funded programs to help States respond to the pandemic. To date, CMS has approved Medicaid Section 1135 Waivers for 23...
From Carve-Out to Single PDL Back in September, Michigan proposed policy 1936-Pharmacy to carve-out the State’s Managed Medicaid outpatient pharmacy drug coverage and transition to a Fee-for-Service (FFS) model. However, plans to carve-out pharmacy benefits have recently been updated. After considering the policy, the State has...
Syrtis Solution's February 2020 Medicaid News Recap: A roundup of Medicaid news, legislation, and industry developments relating to Medicaid integrity, cost avoidance, improper payments, fraud, waste, and abuse. Minnesota's Medicaid program made up to $29 million in improper payments for duplicate accounts StarTribune, February 25The state...
Medicaid prescription drug spending has been on the rise and some states have opted to carve out prescription drug benefits and transition to a Fee-For-Service (FFS) model. In theory, this delivery system helps states assert their purchasing power to reduce costs and improve oversight. However,...
Last week, the Supreme Court announced that it would review the verdict from Rutledge v. PCMA, a case from Arkansas dealing with the state’s legal right to regulate reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Their ruling could significantly impact prescription drug costs and PBM business...