NY Health Department responsible for $700M in ‘improper’ Medicaid spending: auditBy Bruce Golding and Bernadette Hogan
September 21, 2020 | 12:52pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Health Department is responsible for $700 million in “improper†and “questionable†Medicaid spending during fiscal 2019, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Monday.
The payments, uncovered by state auditors, include nearly $12 million on behalf of people who weren’t eligible for the taxpayer-funded program — and nearly $5 million spent on health care for dead people, DiNapoli said.
The bulk of the money — $605 million — went to overpayments for prescription drugs dispensed through managed-care companies under contract to the state Department of Health, he said. ...
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