Virginia paid $21.8M for care for Medicaid enrollees that had already died, OIG audit finds

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Virginia made capitation payments for thousands of Medicaid enrollees after their deaths, an audit from HHS’ Office of Inspector General found.

The audit, published July 19, reviewed a sample of 100 payments the program made from 2019 to 2021. Based on the sample, Virginia’s Medicaid program paid $76,939 in unallowable capitation payments. Continue reading here…

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