States Paid Millions to Medicaid Plans for Dead Beneficiaries, Watchdog Says
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Dec 08, 2023
State Medicaid programs have sent substantial amounts of capitation payments to managed care organizations for covering members who have died, a new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found. The problem has bedeviled Medicaid agencies and plans for a long time, Medicaid insiders say, and is indicative of outdated and underfunded data systems.
States paid $249 million in improper capitation payments for deceased Medicaid enrollees between 2009 and 2019, OIG found. In addition, the report said, three states have not recouped a combined outstanding balance of $41 million in such payments: Health plans owe the states of Michigan $27.5 million, New York $3.6 million and Kansas $9.7 million.
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