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...
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...
Medicaid improper payments have caused the healthcare program to be on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List since 2003. The GAO's list identifies government-funded programs that involve substantial resources and provide critical services to the public that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement....
Third-party liability, also known as TPL, is the legal obligation of third parties to pay part or all of the expenditures for medical assistance under a Medicaid state plan. In other words, if a beneficiary has other forms of health insurance, those primary payers are...
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...
Improper claims payments are costing the Medicaid program billions of dollars every year. A common misconception is that these payments come from fraud and abuse when in reality, the majority stem from prosaic, mundane issues such as eligibility errors and antiquated data systems. Fraud in...
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...
In 2018, the Trump Administration and GOP made several attempts to repeal the ACA and impose federal spending caps on the Medicaid program to reduce costs. These efforts were ultimately unsuccessful; however, a handful of states expanded their Medicaid programs and introduced work requirements during this time. According...
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...
According to federal agency data from PaymentAccuracy.gov and the Office of Management and Budget, the federal government spent an estimated $247 billion in improper payments in 2022. The data also revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services' Medicaid program accounted for the majority...