NY auditors find Medicaid payments for dead patients
(AP) - New York auditors say the state's Medicaid system made up to $12.1 million in inappropriate payments last year, including $2.3 million in managed care payments for dead patients. Auditors say
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Aug 10, 2016, 3:28 PM
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(AP) - New York auditors say the state's Medicaid system made up to $12.1 million in inappropriate payments last year, including $2.3 million in managed care payments for dead patients.
Auditors say other payments went for recipients dropped from long-term care coverage.
About $2.1 million was recovered during the auditors' field work.
The state health department says it's pursuing other overpayments.
Medicaid spending for more than 6 million low-income New Yorkers this year is expected to exceed $63 billion, half of it federally funded.
According to the audit report, claims are processed and paid weekly, averaging about 7 million claims and more than $1 billion in payments to providers.
Auditors say they identified 119 dead people enrolled in Medicaid and 1,177 enrollees who died and weren't automatically removed.
Auditors say other payments went for recipients dropped from long-term care coverage.
About $2.1 million was recovered during the auditors' field work.
The state health department says it's pursuing other overpayments.
Medicaid spending for more than 6 million low-income New Yorkers this year is expected to exceed $63 billion, half of it federally funded.
According to the audit report, claims are processed and paid weekly, averaging about 7 million claims and more than $1 billion in payments to providers.
Auditors say they identified 119 dead people enrolled in Medicaid and 1,177 enrollees who died and weren't automatically removed.
