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Government Watchdog Urges Medicaid To Root Out Conflicts Of Interest In HCBS Programs

Published on Fri Jan 19, 2018

Conflicts of interest continue to plague Medicaid home care programs, possibly leading to ineligible patients receiving care and improper payments, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report. Home- and community-based service pro-viders "may have a financial interest in the outcome of needs assessments, which could lead to overstating needs and overprovision of services," the GAO says in its [...]
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