HealthExec March 28, 2024
The latest Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on government payment errors finds some progress post-pandemic, but still tallies more than $50 billion in improper payments each for HHS’ Medicare and Medicaid programs in fiscal year 2023.
Across all 14 agencies and 71 programs examined in the report, the improper payment total was pegged at $236 million, about $11 billion less than the prior year. In general, however, recent improvements have not brought improper payment estimates to pre-2020 levels.
“Improper payments—those that should not have been made or were made in the incorrect amount—have consistently been a government-wide issue,” the GAO says in a March 26 report. “Since fiscal year 2003, cumulative improper payment estimates by executive branch agencies have totaled...
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