NY CITY TARGETS MASSIVE
MEDICAID FRAUD RING
January 4, 2007 -- The city's Department of Investigation is pursuing 13 cases of Medicaid fraud that could be ripping off taxpayers for millions of dollars. Probers are zeroing in on "multiple targets" and "a variety of schemes," an official said.
Medicaid repair tops lawmakers' 2007 priorities
Access to primary care cited as concern. Published Wednesday, January 3, 2007
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri General Assembly convened today for its annual legislative session, a six-month process that is expected to be bustling with significant policy and political issues. Members of the 93rd General Assembly will face a packed agenda that includes reconfiguring the state's Medicaid system, altering the tax code and dealing with the contentious plan to sell assets of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
Let AG handle Medicaid fraud
Fraud that saps an estimated 10 percent of New Jersey's $9 billion Medicaid program must be a prime target in the state's attempts to root out wasteful government spending. But Gov. Corzine should refuse to sign a bill authorizing $3 million to fund a special prosecutor to investigate Medicaid fraud. Less expensive in-house alternatives exist.
Medicaid | States Becoming More Aggressive in Medicaid Estate Recovery Programs
[Jan 02, 2007]
The Christian Science Monitor last week examined how federally mandated Medicaid estate-recovery programs "have produced confusion, anger and even lawsuits." According to the Monitor, some states are becoming more aggressive in claiming Medicaid beneficiaries' estates after their deaths. States often "target the home because it's all that's left after beneficiaries have spent their assets to pay for nursing home care," the Monitor reports.
January 4, 2007 -- The city's Department of Investigation is pursuing 13 cases of Medicaid fraud that could be ripping off taxpayers for millions of dollars. Probers are zeroing in on "multiple targets" and "a variety of schemes," an official said.
Medicaid repair tops lawmakers' 2007 priorities
Access to primary care cited as concern. Published Wednesday, January 3, 2007
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri General Assembly convened today for its annual legislative session, a six-month process that is expected to be bustling with significant policy and political issues. Members of the 93rd General Assembly will face a packed agenda that includes reconfiguring the state's Medicaid system, altering the tax code and dealing with the contentious plan to sell assets of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
Let AG handle Medicaid fraud
Fraud that saps an estimated 10 percent of New Jersey's $9 billion Medicaid program must be a prime target in the state's attempts to root out wasteful government spending. But Gov. Corzine should refuse to sign a bill authorizing $3 million to fund a special prosecutor to investigate Medicaid fraud. Less expensive in-house alternatives exist.
Medicaid | States Becoming More Aggressive in Medicaid Estate Recovery Programs
[Jan 02, 2007]
The Christian Science Monitor last week examined how federally mandated Medicaid estate-recovery programs "have produced confusion, anger and even lawsuits." According to the Monitor, some states are becoming more aggressive in claiming Medicaid beneficiaries' estates after their deaths. States often "target the home because it's all that's left after beneficiaries have spent their assets to pay for nursing home care," the Monitor reports.