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
Medicaid has been designated a high-risk program by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) since 2003 because of improper payments, poor quality data, and oversight challenges. Earlier this month the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released its Agency Financial
Over the past ten years, Medicaid has become one of the fastest and largest growing items on state budgets. In 2015, the program accounted for 20 percent of state budget spending and in 2018 it had grown to 30 percent.
DHHS has released its annual Agency Financial Report for FY 2018. The report provides an overview of improper payments in the Medicaid program, root causes for the payments, and corrective actions. In line with the agency's goal of reforming, strengthening,
In August, the GAO submitted a report to Congress that focused on what CMS would need in order to better target risks and improve Medicaid oversight. The review determined that one of the critical problems the agency is facing is
In 2017, improper payments within the Medicaid program reached a total of $37 billion, according to CMS. That equals 10 percent of the federal dollars spent on the program. Moreover, 99.2 percent of the payments made were overpayments. To make
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