Aug

13

Keep an eye out for Medicaid Integrity Contractors

By Case Management Weekly

Nearly 500 Medicaid audits are under way in 17 states, and the program will roll out to the entire country through the end of the year, according CMS representatives who spoke on the Medicaid Integrity Program Special Open Door Forum on July 15.

CMS hopes to identify additional contractors within the next few days. These contractors, known as Medicaid Integrity Contractors, are firms CMS has chosen to carry out the following Medicaid Integrity Program goals:

• Review provider actions to determine whether fraud, waste, or abuse may have occurred
• Audit provider claims
• Identify overpayments
• Educate those involved in Medicaid administration, providers, managed care entities, beneficiaries and others with respect to payment integrity and quality of care

There are three types of contractors: Review, audit, and education MICs. The review MICs analyze data and identify issues to pass on to audit MICs to pursue, according to CMS. Education MICs will educate providers and others on Medicaid payment integrity and quality of care.

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