CMS Will Try To Recoup Payments To Providers Kicked Out Of Medicaid

Nearly 1,000 providers that were kicked out of Medicaid due to criminal convictions, licensure problems and other misconduct still received Medicaid payments or remained enrolled in state Medicaid programs, according to a report released Wednesday (April 1) by the HHS Office of Inspector General. CMS told the OIG it would take steps to recover from states the federal share of the $50.3 million the report found was inappropriately paid to fee-for-service Medicaid payments and would increase its oversight of state...