Oh NOES! Out of a $900B budget, Medicaid, an extremely complicated accounting problem, paid a paltry $200 million to dead people.
Why can’t we get articles about how much GOOD Medicaid does people, instead of inflammatory, click-bait bullshit news stories?
Gee, maybe we should do something about the healthcare industry…
Medicare and Medicaid overpayment rules are very strict, and offices caught not repaying overpayment within 30 days are harshly penalized. This is poor reporting and I want details, especially since in my area at least, Medicaid pays about $11 for a PCP office visit.
Eta: I’d like to know how much Medicaid overpayed PBMs like CVS.