OIG: Illinois, Indiana Medicaid agencies paid benefits for other state's residents
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, February 12, 2008
Lack of inter-government dialogue cost the states of Illinois and Indiana some $600,000 total in erroneous Medicaid payments, according to a recent OIG audit.
The state agencies made the mistakes simple because the Illinois and Indiana state Medicaid agencies did not share information. The Illinois state agency made $408,841 in payments for beneficiaries living in Indiana, while the Indiana state agency paid $236,578 for Medicaid services provided to beneficiaries who lived in Illinois.
The OIG recommend that the Illinois and Indiana agencies share available Medicaid eligibility information to:
- Determine accurate beneficiary eligibility status
- Reduce the amount of payments made on behalf of beneficiaries residing in a different state
Click here to read the audit of the Illinois state agency and here to read the audit of the Indiana state agency.
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