Lawmakers blasted a Medicaid anti-fraud program that has cost taxpayers more than five times as much as it recovered. Since 2008, more than $102 million was spent on the Medicaid audit effort, but only $20 million in overpayments were recovered, federal investigators revealed during a Senate hearing.
“I think Congress has been complicit in this far too long,” said Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA). The Government Accountability Office determined that nearly two-thirds of the audits of state spending were “unproductive.”
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Medicaid fraud audits poor investment: GAO
Why is this? We know Medicaid fraud costs the taxpayers billions of dollars. Are they not finding the fraud or are they letting alot of it pass?
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting. One would think audits would be turn up all kinds of scammers. Unless they're not doing the right kind of audit!
ReplyDeleteNo way! Auditing doesn't pay off? What about the millions of dollars found that make the news? Something's wrong here and I don't know what!
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