Overpayments: WHITE HOUSE OVERPAYMENT GUIDANCE HITS YOUR BOTTOM LINE
Well documented claims are more important than ever
Your chances of being targeted for payback of alleged overpayments just went up - thanks to orders straight from the White House.
In a May 8 memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget, released June 19, OMB Controller Linda Springer says states and local governments can now use a portion of recovered overpayments to pay for recovery contracts.
What that means is that when a state contracts with a firm to identify and collect overpayments in, say, the Medicaid program, the contractor can be allowed a percentage-based cut...
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