|
|
Article: California State Controller Connell Calls for Rule Changes for Auditing Medicaid/Medi-Cal.
- Article from:
- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- July 18, 2000
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 PR Newswire Association LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Connell Says Changes Needed to Guard System Against Overbilling
WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire/ --
California State Controller Kathleen Connell calls on Congress to change rules that hinder her ability to audit the state's massive Medi-Cal program. Medi-Cal is California's version of Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded medical program for poor people. In California, the Medi-Cal program is funded at $22.5 billion, of which $13.2 billion is supported by the federal government.
In 1996, State Controller Connell launched an aggressive audit program of Medi-Cal. Those audits have led to the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars overbilled by ...