Feds Say State Medicaid Programs Must Boost Oversight of Payments to Certain Hospitals

On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office and Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission reiterated that state Medicaid programs must boost their scrutiny of payments made to providers who are not associated with federal disproportionate share hospital programs. During a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, GAO said the lack of transparency in state Medicaid payment reporting and documentation reduces the federal government's ability to ensure that the payments are efficient and actually support Medicaid beneficiaries.

• "Federal Watchdogs Want Scrutiny of State Efforts To Boost Medicaid Pay" (Muchmore, Modern Healthcare, 11/2).