Need To Recover Medicare Part B Duplicate Payments in Illinois
HRD-82-67
Published: Apr 30, 1982. Publicly Released: Apr 30, 1982.
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Highlights
As part of a GAO review of Medicare contracting to identify specific cases of duplicate payments and to help facilitate the recovery of these overpayments, GAO developed a computer program which identified a substantial number of actual and potential duplicate payments made by an Illinois carrier.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Health and Human Services | The Secretary of Health and Human Services should ensure that timely action is taken to review the more than $2 million in potential duplicate payments which GAO identified along with those claims with which Electronic Data Systems Federal Corporation experienced processing problems in December 1979. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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| Department of Health and Human Services | The Secretary of Health and Human Services should ensure that timely action is taken to recover the overpayments identified. |
Closed – Implemented
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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Claims processingMedicareCollection proceduresErroneous paymentsHealth care servicesOverpaymentsProgram evaluationRefunds to governmentElectronic data processingBeneficiaries