Insurers lax in reporting Medicaid fraud

In general, Medicaid has struggled for years with poor oversight and billions lost to improper payments, drawing regular scrutiny.

By Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News | July 16, 2018 at 10:55 AM

taxpayer money fraud abuse report found Related: California bill targets fraud and abuse in addiction treatment overprescribing opioids Medicaid with little oversight Obama-era rules last month $300 billion profits from states This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation. Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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