Fraud Waste and Abuse Tag

27 May LEGISLATION FAILS TO REDUCE IMPROPER PAYMENTS IN GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS

Posted at 11:36h in Medicaid

Legislation such as the Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA P.L. 107-300) and Executive Order 13520 sought to address improper payments in government-funded programs. IPIA directed federal agencies to report on the number of improper payments occurring and outline what actions are being taken to reduce...

26 Oct PREVENTING IMPROPER MEDICAID PAYMENTS

Posted at 13:42h in Medicaid

Of the $4 trillion spent by the government in 2017, nearly $141 billion were improper payments. These are payments made in error either to the wrong recipient, in the incorrect amount, or for a service that is not legitimate. Fraud, antiquated data systems, and methodologies...

07 Sep Government Officials And Agencies Work To Strengthen Medicaid’s Integrity

Posted at 13:16h in Medicaid

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 matters worse, under the current...

Fraud Waste and Abuse Tag

27 May LEGISLATION FAILS TO REDUCE IMPROPER PAYMENTS IN GOVERNMENT-FUNDED PROGRAMS

26 Oct PREVENTING IMPROPER MEDICAID PAYMENTS

07 Sep Government Officials And Agencies Work To Strengthen Medicaid’s Integrity

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