Upton, Pitts, Hatch Seek Update From OIG On Payments To Deceased Medicaid Beneficiaries

House Energy & Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-MI), health subcommittee Chair Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have asked the CMS Office of the Inspector General for an update on how well Medicaid eligibility controls track “life status” after a recent Government Accountability Office report found around 200 deceased Medicaid beneficiaries received at least $9.6 million in benefits in 2011. OIG previously reported this was an issue in Medicare and in a 2013 report found CMS...