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Medicaid abuse

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Report: Eliminating improper payments is critical to sustaining Medicaid

With a growing budget, higher enrollment numbers, and a rising improper payment rate, Medicaid sustainability depends on better fraud prevention and more accountability from states, according to a report from the American Action Forum.  

Virginia spent as much as $38M covering ineligible Medicaid recipients

The state of Virginia spent between $21 and $38 million covering ineligible Medicare recipients in 2014, according to a state watchdog agency.

After claiming providers committed $823M in dental fraud, Texas settles for just $20M

Lingering problems from the previous Texas Health and Human Services Commission administration have forced the state to offer reduced settlement packages to nearly 100 dental providers accused off overbilling Medicaid, according to  The Houston Chronicle.

OIG auditors find troubling billing practices among California dentists

Questionable billing practices among California dentists who treat pediatric patients covered by Medicaid highlight the need for better oversight, according to a recent Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General audit.

Health insurance rip-offs come under scrutiny

A pair of editorials last week took up the issue of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse, signifying these problems are becoming a greater focus of public attention and debate.