The PERM Corrective-Action Gap: Fixing the Error Is Not the Same as Proving the Fix Worked
Perspective | GAO’s new review of Medicaid eligibility errors raises a larger management question: are states using PERM’s error evidence to prove that corrective actions actually change the result?
Tool | A practical control standard for final determinations, recovery status, federal/state allocation, CMS-64 reporting, repayment, reconciliation, and evidence closure.
Finding the Improper Payment Is Only Half the Control
Insight | A Medicaid overpayment is not resolved until the final amount, recovery status, federal and state shares, CMS-64 adjustment, and supporting evidence reconcile.
Tool | An operational guide for state Medicaid leaders moving potential PERM findings from rapid factual review through resolution, corrective action, and verified closure.
