Medicare dinged for failing to lower payment error rates

CMS didn’t bring improper payment rates for Medicare and Medicaid below 10 percent in fiscal year 2016, failing to meet a legislative requirement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also failed to meet improper payment rate targets for the Medicare Advantage program and the Children’s Health Insurance Program and has yet to award a recovery audit contract for Medicare Advantage, according to a Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General report released May 16.