In the latest example of federal incompetence and waste, Medicare fails to make a distinction between "alive" and "not alive" when doling out claim payments.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improperly paid $1.5 million in benefits to dead people from 2013 to 2015, according to an audit from the agency’s inspector general.
“Because medically necessary services cannot be provided after a Medicare beneficiary dies, payments for claims with dates of service after the individual’s death are generally considered improper payments,” the audit states.
No kidding.
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