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Oregon Medicaid Audit Finds Need To Step Up Efforts To Detect Improper Payouts
Oregon's Medicaid program has missed opportunities to prevent or recover millions of dollars in overpayments, according to an audit released by the Secretary of State's office Wednesday morning. Auditors looked into how the Oregon Health Authority could avert, detect and recover improper payments of state and federal funds in the low-income health insurance plan. Problems they were looking for include paying for care that wasn't medically necessary, duplicate payments and covering patients who had other insurance. Auditors also examined what the health department did to catch such problems.聽 (Borrud, 11/29)
The Oregon Health 颅Authority should improve its efforts to detect and stop 颅improper payouts for Medicaid 颅recipients, an audit released Wednesday by the Secretary of State鈥檚 颅Office said. OHA lacks 鈥渨ell-defined, consistent and agency-wide processes鈥 to 颅verify that claims submitted by 颅providers for health care services to low-income 颅Oregonians are accurate, the much-颅anticipated audit said. (Hubbard, 11/30)
