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| Comptroller's Office: DOCCS could save $20 million by billing Medicaid |
| By auburnpub.com |
| Published: 12/06/2012 |
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The New York State Comptroller's Office believes it has spotted an opportunity for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to save millions of dollars every year. According a report released on Wednesday, state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said DOCCS could save up to $20 million annually by billing Medicaid, a health program for low-income individuals, for offenders receiving eligible inpatient care. DiNapoli's claim comes after the Division of State Government Accountability audited two years of medical payments made by DOCCS to see if the department "paid health care providers the correct rate for only appropriate and authorized medical services." Read More. |
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