‘Bounty hunters’ after HME
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue September 30, 2008
PITTSBURGH - Pennsylvania Medicaid in August unveiled a plan to offer Medicaid auditors financial incentives to recover overpayments, something industry leaders liken to creating “bounty hunters.”
Details are sketchy so far but under incentive-based programs, auditors typically earn a percentage based on what they recover.
Creating a monetary bonus system could encourage overzealous auditing, fears John Shirvinksy, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers.
Medicare launched a similar program in 2005.
Shirvinsky said he planned to meet with state Medicaid officials in August to discuss the proposal.
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