In the latest effort to stop healthcare fraud, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, on Thursday formally asked state Medicaid directors to develop and submit two-year provider revalidation strategies. Such strategies should include descriptions of how their respective state ensures the accuracy of provider enrollment data through revalidation and other approaches. In addition to provider revalidation strategies, the letter asks state Medicaid directors to increase oversight measures of provider types in the “high” categorical risk level with off-cycle or more frequent revalidation intervals than the minimum five-year requirement.
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