The Maine Health and Human Services Department has discovered Maine hospitals and social service programs have been allotted approximately $66 million in Medicaid overpayments, a result from changes in the state's claims processing system, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The overpayments started in Sept. 2010 and are on track to build up to $119 million in undue overpayments by the end of June. However, the department is taking corrective measures by adjusting hospital payments beginning March 19 to make up for the overpayments, according to the news report.
In addition to the hospital overpayments, the department is addressing a sudden increase in payments to service providers, which rose $10 million a week for the previous six weeks, according to the news report.
Read the news report about Medicaid overpayments in Maine.
Read other coverage about hospital overpayments:
- GAO: CMS Inaction Linked to $48B in Medicare Waste
- Louisiana Physicians to Pay Back $17M in Medicaid Overpayments
- OIG Report Finds Medicare Overpaid Physicians $13.8M Due to Incorrect Site-of-Service Codes
The overpayments started in Sept. 2010 and are on track to build up to $119 million in undue overpayments by the end of June. However, the department is taking corrective measures by adjusting hospital payments beginning March 19 to make up for the overpayments, according to the news report.
In addition to the hospital overpayments, the department is addressing a sudden increase in payments to service providers, which rose $10 million a week for the previous six weeks, according to the news report.
Read the news report about Medicaid overpayments in Maine.
Read other coverage about hospital overpayments:
- GAO: CMS Inaction Linked to $48B in Medicare Waste
- Louisiana Physicians to Pay Back $17M in Medicaid Overpayments
- OIG Report Finds Medicare Overpaid Physicians $13.8M Due to Incorrect Site-of-Service Codes