United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 45 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-705 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705 P0b002ee18038a012 f:d06705 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705 GAO-06-705 Erroneous payments Federal/state relations Financial management Fund audits Internal controls Medicaid Risk management Reimbursements from government DOJ/HHS Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Other Written Product A55902 Medicaid--the federal-state health care financing program--covered over 56 million people at a cost of $295 billion in fiscal year 2004, the latest fiscal year for which complete data are available. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the federal agency responsible for overseeing states' Medicaid programs and ensuring the propriety of expenditures reported by states for federal reimbursement. In 2002, GAO reported on weaknesses in CMS's oversight of Medicaid financial management and made recommendations to CMS to strengthen its oversight process. In fiscal year 2003, CMS started receiving funds from the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) program to help improve Medicaid financial management. GAO was asked to evaluate CMS's financial management activities, including following up on prior recommendations. In this report, GAO examined (1) the extent to which CMS has improved its ability to identify and address emerging issues that put federal Medicaid dollars at risk and (2) how CMS used funds for Medicaid from the HCFAC account. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705.pdf GAO-06-705 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-705 Other Written Product GAO-06-705; Medicaid Financial Management: Steps Taken to Improve Federal Oversight but Other Actions Needed to Sustain Efforts; Erroneous payments Federal/state relations Financial management Fund audits Internal controls Medicaid Risk management Reimbursements from government DOJ/HHS Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Volume 107 Page 285 107 Stat. 285 Volume 110 Page 1936 110 Stat. 1936 Volume 116 Page 2350 116 Stat. 2350 Volume 120 Page 3 120 Stat. 3 Public Law 103-62 Public Law 104-191 Public Law 109-171