Department of Health

Medicaid Claims Processing Activity

New York State’s Medicaid program is administered by the Department of Health. Medicaid claims are processed and paid by an automated system that is operated by a contractor. On March 24, 2005, a new automated system (eMedNY) became operational. We examined the claims processed by this system during the six months ended March 31, 2006. The objective of our audit was to determine whether Medicaid payments to medical service providers were supported by fully processed and approved claims, and we found that they were.

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