DiNapoli: Audit Finds $6.8 Million In Medicaid Overpayments

New York state's Medicaid system made $6.8 million in inappropriate payments, including $3.5 million for services that should have been covered under managed care plans.

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

“New York’s Medicaid system is vast and complex with plenty of opportunity for waste and abuse,” DiNapoli said. “My auditors found several cases in which the Department of Health’s eMedNY system failed to catch millions in overpayments. To its credit, the department is working to recoup these overpayments and make adjustments to its processing systems to prevent these problems from reoccurring.”

DiNapoli says by the end of the audit fieldwork, about $2.4 million of the overpayments were recovered.

You can read the full audit on the Comptroller's website.