Reports

• Florida Did Not Refund $106 Million Federal Share of Medicaid Managed Care Rebates It Received for Calendar Years 2015 Through 2020

  

• Medicare Part B Drug Payments: Impact of Price Substitutions Based on 2021 Average Sales Prices

  

• Advisory Opinion 23-05

  

• Medicare Made $17.8 Million in Potentially Improper Payments for Opioid-Use-Disorder Treatment Services Furnished by Opioid Treatment Programs

  

• Office of Medicaid (MassHealth)—Review of Capitation Payments

  

• States With Separate Children Health Insurance Programs Could Have Collected an Estimated $641 Million Annually If States Were Required To Obtain Rebates Through the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

  

• States With Separate Childrens Health Insurance Programs Could Have Collected an Estimated $641 Million Annually If States Were Required To Obtain Rebates Through the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

  

• Office of Inspector Generals Partnership With the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor: Office of Medicaid (MassHealth)-Review of Capitation Payments

  

• Medicare Paid Independent Organ Procurement Organizations Over Half a Million Dollars for Professional and Public Education Overhead Costs That Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements

  

• Texas Inappropriately Claimed Nearly $1.8 Million in Federal Medicaid Funds for Private Medicaid Management Information System Contractor Costs

  

• Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: Results for the First Quarter of 2023

  

• Medicare Advantage Compliance Audit of Specific Diagnosis Codes That Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc. (Contract H3204) Submitted to CMS

  

• First Coast Service Options, Inc., Claimed Some Unallowable Medicare Nonqualified Plan Costs Through Its Incurred Cost Proposals

  

• First Coast Service Options, Inc., Overstated Its Medicare Segment Postretirement Benefit Assets as of January 1, 2019

  

• First Coast Service Options, Inc., Did Not Claim Some Allowable Medicare Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Costs

  

• Telehealth During 2020 Helped Ensure End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Received Care, But Limited Information Related to Telehealth Was Documented

  

• New York Improved Its Monitoring of Medicaid Community Rehabilitation Services But Still Claimed Improper Federal Medicaid Reimbursement Totaling $20 Million

  

• Medicare Paid $30 Million for Accumulated Repair Costs That Exceeded the Federally Recommended Cost Limit for Wheelchairs During Their 5-Year Reasonable Useful Lifetime

  

• Although IHS Allocated COVID-19 Testing Funds To Meet Community Needs, It Did Not Ensure That the Funds Were Always Used in Accordance With Federal Requirements

  

• High Rates of Prior Authorization Denials by Some Plans and Limited State Oversight Raise Concerns About Access to Care in Medicaid Managed Care