E&C Explores Strategies To Curb Improper Medicare And Medicaid Payments

Congress and CMS could tackle the billions of dollars in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid by improving data sharing between states and the agency, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance data collection and analytics -- an idea that HHS’ OIG is now piloting -- and strengthening oversight, including by encouraging more state audits of Medicaid managed care plans, key federal officials told the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations during a Tuesday (April 16) hearing on...