Pennsylvania Did Not Ensure That Its Managed-Care Organizations Complied With Requirements Prohibiting Medicaid Payments for Services Related to Provider-Preventable Conditions
Pennsylvania did not ensure that our managed-care organizations complied with Federal and State requirements prohibiting Medicaid payments to providers for inpatient hospital services related to treating certain provider-preventable conditions. For our audit period, we identified that managed-care organizations paid providers approximately $43.5 million for 576 claims that contained provider-preventable conditions.
Filed under: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services