The Trump administration has released new estimates on improper payments in key government insurance programs. | The Trump ...

It’s tempting to want to celebrate the latest improper payment numbers—just announced as being at their lowest level in a decade— as a great success story. And indeed, the administration is ...

Improper payments, which put taxpayer dollars at risk, have been a long-term issue for the federal government, but they declined over the past year. However, there is more than meets the eye on this, ...

A new GAO report released last week (“Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2022 Estimates and Opportunities for Improvement”) made brief headlines for finding that, during fiscal year 2022, federal agencies ...

The federal government disbursed a reported $2.7 trillion in improper payments—amounts that either should not have been paid, were made for the incorrect amount, or otherwise lacked fidelity—over the ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that aggressive corrective actions have led to an estimated $20.72 billion reduction of Medicare fee-for-service improper payments over ...

An audit of inappropriate Medicare payments to acute care hospitals has found that such improper payments are on the decline: While hospitals logged $39.3 million in improper Medicare Part B payments ...

WASHINGTON — By its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them — tax credits to families that didn't qualify, ...