GAO Wants More CMS Oversight On State Medicaid Funding

The Government Accountability Office recommended Tuesday (July 29) that CMS increase its oversight and transparency of funding sources that states use to pay their share of Medicaid because states often bump up federal-match Medicaid payments by taxing providers and making local governments chip in for Medicaid. In testimony to a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee, GAO health care director Katherine Iritani said a GAO study released Tuesday (July 29) shows that one such instance in Illinois led to a...