Medicaid fraud costing state $170M
Missouri residents who fraudulently bill Medicaid owe the state $170 million, Gov. Mike Parson said Friday afternoon during a news conference at the Missouri State Capitol.
Parson held the news conference after a meeting with cabinet officials and state health leaders as he announced the creation of a new Medicaid and Fraud Abuse Task Force. The task force will be charged with identifying where Medicaid fraud happens and how to uncover inefficiencies in the system.
Each year, Missouri spends $10 billion on its Medicaid program, which covers about 1 million people.
"At the end of the day, what we really want is to help the people that need the help," Parson said. "The people that really need it are the ones that we want to get those services to."
Read more: http://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2018/dec/08/medicaid-fraud-costing-state-170m/755756/
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