Bachmann calls for Minnesota Medicaid audit [Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.]
By Christopher Snowbeck, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. | |
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In comments before a
"This situation needs immediate attention," Bachmann told the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee, which was taking testimony on fraud in the federal
The questions have swirled since February when the state's Human Services Commissioner confirmed that the federal government was investigating the issue. In addition to the
In May, CMS sent its own letter to the state
Representatives.
At the outset of his presentation, Feinwachs displayed a page from a lawsuit he filed in 2011 that quoted a state official as saying: "If you can't keep a secret you have to leave the room, but we have been adjusting the reserve amount for state-only funded programs by making it essentially zero, and increasing the amount for PMAP federal programs, blending the rate and returning it to the insurers."
PMAP is the abbreviation for portion of the state's
In a letter to state Human Services Commissioner
But Jesson cited a 2008 report from the
"(Human Services) staff acknowledged that they have regularly set GAMC's rates at levels lower than the program's anticipated costs, with the expectation that the health plans will negotiate lower rates with providers, help clients transition from GAMC to MinnesotaCare, or cover their losses with surpluses from other programs," the auditor's report stated.
Jesson also noted that the administration of Democratic Gov.
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