GAO: CMS must improve state-reported data collection for Medicaid

Healthcare DIVE January 9, 2018
Les Masterson

Dive Brief:

• The Government Accounting Office (GAO) made two recommendations that it believes will expedite the use of state-reported data for oversight of Medicaid.
• GAO suggested the CMS improve Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information Systems (T-MSIS) data, including obtaining complete information from all states on unreported T-MSIS data, share information with states on T-MSIS limitations to improve data comparability and implement mechanisms to allow states to collaborate to improve “the completeness, comparability and utility of T-MSIS data.”
• The government watchdog also recommended the CMS “articulate a specific plan and associated time frames for using T-MSIS data for oversight.”

Dive Insight:

GAO conducted the review and provided recommendations after “insufficiencies in state-reported Medicaid data” were found. These issues affect CMS’...

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