Report: Medicaid cost-sharing may discourage state fraud enforcement
A Republican-led issue brief from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee argues Medicaid’s federal-state cost-sharing structure can reduce state incentives to pursue improper and fraudulent payments.
Republican members of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee released an issue brief finding that Medicaid’s federal-state cost-sharing system may disincentivize states from cracking down on fraudulent and improper payments. The brief says states may have reduced motivation to pursue recoveries because the federal government covers a portion of Medicaid costs.