Posted on 10/31/2013 9:40:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The agency responsible for implementing ObamaCare erroneously paid out millions of dollars on behalf of dead people in 2011, according to a report released Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid $23 million to providers, suppliers, Medicare Advantage organizations and prescription drug plan sponsors on behalf of beneficiaries who died between 2009 and 2011, the OIG found.
That’s less than one-tenth of one-percent of total Medicare expenditures, and the report says CMS “has safeguards to prevent and recover” those payments.
The OIG offered a handful of recommendations, such as taking action against providers and suppliers that had high numbers of claims with service dates after a beneficiary’s death, as a way to minimize further inappropriate payments.
CMS said it concurs with all the OIG’s recommendations and is committed to preventing and recovering the payments.
"Agency actions are underway, and in the areas where noted, we are working with law enforcement and other federal agencies, including OIG, to protect the Medicare program, the people using its benefits and services, and using additional resources made available under the Affordable Care Act to detect and prevent fraud from taking place," a CMS spokesperson told The Hill in a statement.
Just taking care of their constituents.
Benefits paid to Obama voters who won him a second term. Makes sense. Heck, if they voted they should get benefits, right?
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23 mil
can the fedgov even calculate to that few decimal places?
Somebody has to stand up for those who can’t.
Here’s another dozy...
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23835988/cupcake-store-car-repair-shop-listed-as-obamacare-signup-sites
The phones are ringing off the hook at the shop, but it’s not to order rides. They were listed on the New York State Health Exchange website as a place to sign up for healthcare. Manager Alex Mulerman said that is simply not true. He can’t believe they’d make a mistake like that...
A state Health Department spokesperson confirmed that New York was given a $27 million federal grant to hire 50 nonprofit organizations and 96 subcontractors as health care navigators. They were supposed to identify locations where people could meet and go over options, places like Brooklyn Cupcake, another business that had no idea Obamacare was on the menu.
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