As the 119th Congress seeks to reduce government spending through reconciliation, talk of Medicaid reductions has raised concerns about vulnerable populations losing Medicaid coverage. But simply ...

Improper payments, which put taxpayer dollars at risk, have been a long-term issue for the federal government, but they declined over the past year. However, there is more than meets the eye on this, ...

The improper payment rate for fiscal year 2024 was 3.97%. The last time that number dipped below 4% was in 2013. The Biden White House is touting reductions in agencies’ improper payments, as the ...

Traditional Medicare paid out an estimated $31.2 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2023, according to new data from the federal government. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

A new GAO report released last week (“Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2022 Estimates and Opportunities for Improvement”) made brief headlines for finding that, during fiscal year 2022, federal agencies ...

A new report finds that the federal government made nearly $236 billion in improper payments across entitlement programs last year, with Medicare and Medicaid a large source of payment errors. The ...

NOW. THE CITY OF MITCHELLVILLE HAS CALLED FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TOMORROW FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF ITS POLICE CHIEF, WILLIAM DAGGET. THIS COMES AFTER A REPORT FROM STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND NAMING ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The House Budget Committee last week voted to pass a bipartisan proposal from Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Blake Moore, R-Utah, ...

The world’s richest man is poised to go after the country’s most impoverished citizens under the false pretense of cracking down on fraud. Last week, Elon Musk’s America PAC tweeted a ...

Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people ...

A Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “We Welcome SNAP Benefits” sign unveiled on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (USDA photo) The Agriculture Department is one of 16 federal departments and agencies ...

We all make mistakes, but most of us don’t make mistakes with billions of dollars of someone else’s money. We can easily forgive the drive-thru worker who fails to “hold the pickles,” but it’s tougher ...