Enrollment surveys have shown that healthcare options under Medicaid programs are acceptable to enrollees. Enrollees have reported in a nationwide survey that the healthcare they receive under Medicaid is more than adequate. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public

The newly released Senate health care plan, if passed, would drastically scale back Medicaid funding. This would decimate the program that provides healthcare to a large portion of the population. Reforming the program is vital; however, the recent proposal has

The AHCA , which narrowly passed in the House of Representatives, aims to cap federal Medicaid funding. The drastic reduction in funding could potentially put an end to Medicaid Managed Care as we know it. Converting the open-ended entitlement program to a

H.R. 938, the Medicaid Third Party Liability Act, was recently introduced by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) to help Medicaid save money. As legislators return to Washington this week, health care remains at the top of their agenda. The main issue amongst Republicans

Medicaid could receive funding cuts due to Trump’s 2018 budget proposal and this may fundamentally change how the Medicaid program operates. The proposals aim is to give individual states flexibility. According to the budget, states will have a choice between

For the fourth straight year, the federal government increased the amount of money described as improper payments. The Government Accountability Office is reporting that agencies exceeded $144 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2016, up from $137 billion in 2015.

The CMS has witnessed a dramatic surge in improper Medicaid payments and says the Affordable Care Act could be the cause. The Medicaid improper payment rate has jumped from 5.8% or $14.4 billion in fiscal 2013 to 9.78% or $29.12

Last month Congress held a hearing concerning the escalating number of improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid. The House oversight panel reviewed concerns regarding escalating improper payment rates discovered by federal oversight groups which include the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and

When ProTPL discovers other health insurance, you can reverse the latest claim and ensure that future claims, whether pharmacy or medical, aren’t paid in error. Discovering other health insurance fast, triggered by Pharmacy claims, allows you to intercept the medical

A GAO report uncovered data that the government accumulated more than $124 billion in improper payments in 2014, $19 billion more than the year before. The Oct. 1 report uncovered that the outpouring in payments came almost entirely from Medicare and