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?
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.