“With Medicaid accounting for more than a quarter of governmentwide improper payments, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to launch new eligibility audits for the program…”
“CMS will initiate new eligibility review audits and will implement new requirements for Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) audits. The agency created the PERM program, which measures improper payments in Medicaid, under the 2002 Improper Payments Information Act…”
“To reduce the burden on states and improve review accuracy, federal contractors will conduct the PERM reviews. However…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS to strengthen Medicare vetting following GAO’s improper payments reports – By Jory Heckman, August 21, 2018. Federal News Radio.
