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Nothing to see here, just millions of dollars going down the ****.
Colorado is the latest state found to have paid insurance companies to handle care for Medicaid recipients who had died, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. The audit estimated that Colorado paid insurers at least $7.3 million, including both state money and about $3.8 million in federal funds, which the state might have to return. The payments were made on behalf of nearly 9,000 deceased Coloradans, according to the report.
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico also paid for deceased enrollees’ care coordination, according to a list of audits since 2016. The improper payments ranged from $589,000 in Wisconsin to almost $71 million in California.
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Colorado is the latest state found to have paid insurance companies to handle care for Medicaid recipients who had died, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General. The audit estimated that Colorado paid insurers at least $7.3 million, including both state money and about $3.8 million in federal funds, which the state might have to return. The payments were made on behalf of nearly 9,000 deceased Coloradans, according to the report.
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico also paid for deceased enrollees’ care coordination, according to a list of audits since 2016. The improper payments ranged from $589,000 in Wisconsin to almost $71 million in California.
https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/02/25/ ... -dead/amp/