This blog is the second in a series discussing OBBBA’s changes to Medicaid’s Payment Error Rate Measurement; the first blog was A Proper Scare: How OBBBA Changes Improper Payment Rules to Expose States to Significant Financial Liability. We also explore the issues described in both blog posts more fully in a recent NHeLP resource, OBBBA Changes to Improper Payment Penalties Pose Risks to State Medicaid Programs.
Medicaid opponents often and without evidence push the spurious assertion that the PERM rate proves 2 things: That Medicaid is rife with fraud, and that health care is being furnished to millions of ineligible people, all on the taxpayers’ dime. Putting aside that many of these claims are overstated to begin with, the reality is that the PERM rate alone does not and cannot prove either claim. Yet, OBBBA’s PERM changes will contribute to this false narrative by substantially…
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