New York state's Medicaid system made as much as $12.1 million in inappropriate payments in 2015, including $2.3 million for dead patients.

That's according to an audit released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Millions of dollars more were paid to recipients who had been dropped from long term care coverage.

“My auditors continue to find glitches in the Department of Health’s payment control systems that allow wasteful payments to be made,” DiNapoli said. “The department agreed with most of our recommendations and is working to fix the problems we have uncovered. It should recover up to $10 million that should not have been spent.”

By the end of the audit, about $2.1 million of the overpayments was recovered.

You can read the complete audit on the comptroller's website.

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