OIG: Kansas should refund $13.9 million
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, February 21, 2006
The OIG has recommended that Kansas refund $13.9 million to the federal government to repay noncompliant claims for school-based health services.
The OIG audited to determine whether Kansas followed state and federal regulations when it claimed costs for Medicaid school-based health services. Specifically, the OIG wanted to determine whether reimbursements were consistent with the design of bundled payment rates.
The OIG concluded that although Kansas designed the monthly payment rates to reimburse school districts for a full year's costs over nine school months, Kansas used these rates to reimburse the school districts for 12 months.
To conduct the audit, the OIG
Click here to read the audit report, "Review of Medicaid School-Based Services in Kansas-Application of Bundled Rates," (A-07-04-0 1003) issued January 30, 2006.
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