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Medicaid Pays $82 Million For Deceased Recipients

Wed, 05/31/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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An audit of Medicaid payments to Ohio residents was made by the Ohio Office of the Auditor and was conducted as part of the Inspector General's partnership efforts with States to expand audit coverage of the Medicaid program. The Office of the Auditor (OIG) determined that, during a period of almost 6 years, the Ohio Department of Human Services (ODHS) paid $82 million for services to Medicaid recipients after the recipients? date of death. This amount consisted of 114,780 payments to 4,113 different providers for services provided to 26,822 apparently deceased recipients. Although ODHS is recovering payments for these services, as of September 30, 1999, $14 million remained outstanding, and the Federal share of that amount is $8.5 million.

An audit of Medicaid payments to Ohio residents was made by the Ohio Office of the Auditor and was conducted as part of the Inspector General's partnership efforts with States to expand audit coverage of the Medicaid program. The Office of the Auditor (OIG) determined that, during a period of almost 6 years, the Ohio Department of Human Services (ODHS) paid $82 million for services to Medicaid recipients after the recipients? date of death. This amount consisted of 114,780 payments to 4,113 different providers for services provided to 26,822 apparently deceased recipients. Although ODHS is recovering payments for these services, as of September 30, 1999, $14 million remained outstanding, and the Federal share of that amount is $8.5 million.