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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
For the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006, we
estimated that Arizona paid approximately $500,000 ($335,000 Federal share) for
Medicaid services provided to beneficiaries who should not have been eligible
owing to their Medicaid eligibility/residence in California. Both Arizona and
California require that Medicaid beneficiaries be residents.
We recommended that Arizona work with the California Medicaid agency to share
available Medicaid eligibility information for use in determining accurate
beneficiary eligibility status and reducing the amount of payments, estimated to
be approximately $500,000 ($335,000 Federal share), made on behalf of
beneficiaries residing in California. Arizona acknowledged its obligation to
review beneficiaries’ eligibility and identified several issues that it believed
would reduce the reported payments. We reviewed Arizona’s comments and maintain
that our findings remain valid.
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