Medicare, already under fire from Congress for its financial woes, did not recover $543 million in overpayments during 2010, and can provide little information on which contractors they overpaid, according to a new report from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid services was only able to provide details on seven of the 32 contractors that owed them money. The seven contractor CMS had detailed information on accounted for $69 million (18 percent) of the uncollected overpayments.
Audit finds problems in accounting system, lack of data on contractors who owe paybacks
