Audit Reveals $14.5 Billion in Medicaid Home Care Payments Lacked Verification
(WNY News Now) – A state audit has uncovered significant lapses in oversight, revealing that billions of Medicaid dollars were paid for home care services without the required electronic visit verification.New York – Billions of dollars have been spent on Medicaid home care services for New Yorkers without the required verification that the services took place, according to a new audit from State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.“Medicaid’s home care services are vital and allow many New Yorkers to remain in their homes and communities,” DiNapoli said. “We need to know that Medicaid recipients and New York state are getting the services that were paid for. This audit found a disturbing lack of oversight and failure to comply with the required service verifications. The state Department of He...