FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSAZ) - Auditor Allison Ball released a special examination of the Kentucky Department of Medicaid Services (DMS) on Wednesday.

“This exam uncovered about $800 million of taxpayer dollars erroneously paid without benefiting Medicaid recipients,” Ball said. “Medicaid is one of Kentucky’s costliest programs, and it’s essential that we make sure every Medicaid dollar spent is going directly to benefit Kentuckians in need of services, not being wasted due to bureaucratic negligence.”

According to the examination, “DMS did not take basic steps to ensure it was not duplicating payments made by other states once a recipient moved out of Kentucky and enrolled in another state’s Medicaid program. All states must check for and investigate alerts from the federal government warning

See Full Page