WASHINGTON — HHS announced it is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California after auditors flagged the state's patient survival rates as statistically improbable. Officials stated that keeping too many people alive without complications suggests billing irregularities. "If you aren't losing at least 15 percent of these cases, you aren't trying hard enough," said HHS Regional Director Alan Sterman.
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HHS Freezes California Medicaid Funds Citing 'Suspiciously High Survival Rates'
Expert Weighs In
“If you aren't losing at least 15 percent of these cases, you aren't trying hard enough”
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