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

The Government Accountability Office recently published its updated High-Risk List. The update is part of the biennial High-Risk Series started in 1990 that identifies government operations vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. The recent report marks the twentieth consecutive

The federal government doled out close to $100 billion in "improper" Medicaid payments in 2021-- accounting for about one-fifth of all Medicaid payments, according to estimates. The figure represents Washington's current accounting of payments that didn't meet the numerous criteria

Since its passage in 1965, the Medicaid program has expanded to become the single largest payer for health care in the United States, costing $671.2 billion in 2020. Due to surges in enrollment from the pandemic and the current administration's priorities,

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

Under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) was required to review federal programs at risk of improper payments. The bill tasked CMS to assess what programs are at risk, estimate the number

Dependence on the Medicaid program has increased exponentially over time. Currently, it is the single largest insurer in the United States, and in FY 2019, it accounted for more than half of all federal funds distributed to states. Unfortunately, as

Improper payments cost Medicaid $86.49 billion in 2020 alone. A common misconception is that improper payments come from fraud and abuse when in reality the majority come from prosaic, ordinary problems such as eligibility errors and antiquated data systems. Fraud

Improper payments, fraud, and waste cost the Medicaid program billions of dollars every year. In 2020 alone, Medicaid improper payments reached $86.49 billion. These payments account for more than twenty percent of federal Medicaid expenditures, and one out of every

Medicaid is the single largest payer of health care in the United States. As the program has grown in size and scope, it has struggled with fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments. Over the years, there have been a number