Medicare FFS, MA, Part D Improper Pay Rates Continue To Fall

The Medicare fee-for-service improper pay rate dropped again, according to the HHS fiscal 2019 financial report, dipping below the Medicare Advantage improper pay rate -- though that program’s improper pay rate dropped too, as did the Medicare Part D improper pay rate. When the previous HHS financial report was released last year, CMS Administrator Verma touted those improper pay rates as the lowest since 2010, and on Monday, when the latest report was released, she again trumpeted the decrease in...