Why GAO Did This Study During fiscal year 2013, Medicaid - collectively funded by states and the federal government - delivered health care insurance coverage to over 70 million people at an overall cost of about $460 billion. Our lawmakers

Recently, I got into a discussion with a state Medicaid TPL director about RFPs for third party liability cost avoidance work. I feel that our cost avoidance solution would greatly benefit state-run plans, but RFPs are nearly always written for a single vendor

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee sent out a letter to associations serving Medicaid health plans in pursuit of suggestions on best practices connected to cost controls, the use of data and quality of care. The

Third parties are organizations or people who are legally liable for paying the healthcare claims of Medicaid beneficiaries. Federal legislation and policies mandate states to guarantee that Medicaid is to be the payer of last resort. Medicaid beneficiaries are consequently

With the increased awareness that government officials have paid to the need for accurate Medicaid claims information within federal government healthcare systems, one may have expected that now, nearly two years since an inspector general testified that much of the

In a one year case study with a Medicaid plan, we found that, on average, 1.3% of utilizing members where identified as having other insurance. In other words, Syrtis processed nearly 3 million pharmacy claims and returned approximately 38,000 members

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

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

Syrtis Solutions is pleased to be an exhibitor and presenter at the 2013 Anti-Fraud Exposition coordinated by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association. Established in 1985 by multiple private health insurers and federal and state government executives, the National Health

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