State officials say the three private companies now managing care for the 560-thousand Medicaid patients in Iowa saved Iowa taxpayers 22 million dollars in April, May and June — but exactly how that savings came about is unclear. Liz Matney of the Iowa Department of Human Services told a legislative committee, there are “pretty wide variances” in how the companies report paid claims.
Representative Mary Mascher, a Democrat from Iowa City, says she’s getting nothing but complaints from constituents.
State officials told legislators yesterday that there are now four software systems in place to track fraud and data will be available later on how much fraud’s being caught. The state of Iowa spent more than 332 million dollars on the Medicaid program during April, May and June.
