Use internal audits to find Medicaid problems

Today you need to worry about more than Medicare billing errors—Medicaid investigations are on the rise. And its time to take all the cautionary tales you see in newspaper headlines to heart.

“Now more than ever, it’s important to have an audit component to your compliance program,” says Maureen Weaver, an attorney at Wiggin and Dana in New Haven, CT, who participates in internal and government Medicaid audits.

Not only is the political landscape riddled with promises of future healthcare reform, but with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), false claims act legislation is being backed by increased enforcement.