Enhances Medicaid accountability by verifying enrollment data, conducting audits, and establishing safeguards.

The bill aims to improve Medicaid accountability by requiring routine eligibility verification cross-checks, mandating audits in high-risk areas, and establishing managed care payment safeguards. It also creates a biometric verification pilot program to confirm service delivery or beneficiary identity in Medicaid programs. The pilot program includes safeguards such as placing escrowed payments into escrow pending a final determination of eligibility. The bill preserves existing eligibility standards, benefits, and due process protections.

Enhances Medicaid accountability by verifying enrollment data, conducting audits, and establishing safeguards.

The bill aims to improve Medicaid accountability by requiring routine eligibility verification cross-checks, mandating audits in high-risk areas, and establishing managed care payment safeguards. It also creates a biometric verification pilot program to confirm service delivery or beneficiary identity in Medicaid programs. The pilot program includes safeguards such as placing escrowed payments into escrow pending a final determination of eligibility. The bill preserves existing eligibility standards, benefits, and due process protections.