Survey: Health Care Benefit Eligibility, Verification Issues Result in About $342B in Improper Payments Each Year
Data integration within IT systems is one of the top challenges that health and human services agencies face in confirming benefit eligibility, according to a survey by MeriTalk. Respondents said that benefit eligibility and verification issues result in about $342 billion in improper payments annually.
- "$342B Wasted Each Year Due to Government Health Care Benefits Data Integration Challenges" (Pallardy, Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, 8/18).