Audit finds Illinois spent $4.6M on Medicaid coverage for dead people

Audit finds Illinois spent $4.6M on Medicaid coverage for dead people
A federal health department audit found Illinois spent $4.6 million in Medicaid payments on behalf of deceased beneficiaries.

"An audit by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, or OIG, found Illinois spent $4.6 million on Medicaid coverage for dead people.
...State officials blamed the errors on a “technical flaw,” according to the Chicago Tribune, and said the state failed to enter the individuals’ death dates into the system..."
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