Gov. Kehoe Announces Partnership With CMS To Strengthen Medicaid Integrity

Gov. Mike Kehoe announced that MO HealthNet notified the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of its intent to launch an accelerated review of high-risk Medicaid providers. MO HealthNet will implement a high-risk provider revalidation strategy, which began May 5. This effort will prioritize provider types historically vulnerable to fraudulent activity, including those without National Provider Identifiers. 

MO HealthNet also is developing a two-year comprehensive provider revalidation strategy within the next 30 days. This follows an April 21 announcement from CMS on provider integrity. MO HealthNet released additional information on provider revalidation on May 5.