Bill Text: CT HB06550 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Medicaid Provider Audits.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-03 - Bill Placed on Senate Agenda, Senate Agenda Never Adopted [HB06550 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06550-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6550
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2994
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. ABERCROMBIE, 83rd Dist. SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. SEN. SLOSSBERG, 14th Dist. REP. WOOD, 141st Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist. REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. REP. FOX, 148th Dist. REP. SANTIAGO, 84th Dist. REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist. REP. CUEVAS, 75th Dist. REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist. REP. PORTER, 94th Dist. REP. ROSATI, 44th Dist. REP. BECKER, 19th Dist. REP. D'AGOSTINO, 91st Dist.			REP. MEGNA, 97th Dist. REP. ROVERO, 51st Dist. REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. REP. RILEY, 46th Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist. REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist. REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist. REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist. SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist. SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. SEN. LARSON, 3rd Dist. SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist. REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist. REP. RYAN, 139th Dist. REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PROVIDER AUDITS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (d) of section 17b-99 of the general statutes be amended to establish: (1) Clear parameters governing the use of extrapolation in Medicaid provider audits, (2) specific minimum standards for statistical sampling, including a minimum error rate and types of statistical sampling that may be used, (3) acceptable methods by which providers may challenge extrapolated findings of overpayment, and (4) requirements concerning transparency, outreach and education by the Department of Social Services to reduce provider errors.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure that audits of Medicaid providers are conducted in a fair and reasonable manner.