medicaid Tag

19 May Critical Steps to Curtail Medicaid Fraud

Posted at 20:53h in Medicaid

The watchdog for the U.S. Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), designates Medicare and Medicaid as a high-risk plans, because it’s a complicated program, which is in danger from fraudulent activity. Fraud, in this case, involves deception resulting in a profitable gain at the expense...

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29 Apr Legislation Could Lower Medicaid Abuse, Waste and Fraud

Posted at 18:38h in Medicaid

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the watchdog for the U.S. Congress, determined that Medicaid and Medicare as programs with potential for a high risk of abuse, waste and fraud. In the case of Medicaid, the GAO says inadequate fiscal oversight might result in improper expenditures....

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28 Oct 80% Medicaid Payments Lost Due to Poor Recovery Methods

Posted at 18:14h in Medicaid

A September 2001 report entitled “Medicaid Recovery of Pharmacy Payments by Liable Third Parties” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), who is charged with protecting healthcare cost containment and the integrity of HHS programs, found that...

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