Audit Finds Irregularities in New York Medicaid Payments

28 mn in Medicaid payments were made to 20000 people who were getting benefits in other states in New York, it has been revealed. This has been revealed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. According to him the onus was on the department to do a better job to make sure that counties checked properly the federal records. This would ensure that those getting benefits in New York were not getting them elsewhere.
According to DiNapoli, there could have been a saving of millions of dollars if those eligible for Medicare elsewhere collected their benefits from there. New York could not afford to spend millions of dollars on people who did not live there. The state Health Department said that it intended to reduce incidents of this sort.

Meanwhile, legislation that would provide coverage for home infusion therapy services has been promoted by a bipartisan group. This is common sense legislation that would save the government some money according to the promoters.